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shame(noun, state, sorrow, annoyance, displeasure)
9
humiliation(noun, state, quality, shame, disgrace)
7
meanness(noun, state, quality, shame, disgrace)
7
disgrace(noun, state, quality, shame)
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attrition(noun, shame, sorrow, regret, compunction)
6
compunction(noun, shame, sorrow, regret)
6
conscience(noun, shame, sorrow, regret, compunction)
6
contrition(noun, shame, sorrow, regret, compunction)
6
dismay(noun, state, shame, fear, annoyance)
6
misgiving(noun, shame, sorrow, regret, compunction)
6
penitence(noun, shame, sorrow, regret, compunction)
6
penitency(noun, shame, sorrow, regret, compunction)
6
pity(noun, shame, sorrow, regret, compunction)
6
punctiliousness(noun, shame, sorrow, regret, compunction)
6
qualm(noun, shame, sorrow, regret, compunction)
6
regret(noun, shame, sorrow, compunction)
6
reluctance(noun, shame, sorrow, regret, compunction)
6
remorse(noun, shame, sorrow, regret, compunction)
6
repentance(noun, shame, sorrow, regret, compunction)
6
rue(noun, shame, sorrow, regret, compunction)
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