5
remorseful(adjective, sad, unhappy, guilty, apologetic)
4
repentant(adjective, sad, unhappy, apologetic)
3
conscience-stricken(adjective, sad, unhappy, apologetic, remorseful)
3
sorry(adjective, sad, unhappy, relieved, unlit)
3
contrite(adjective, sad, unhappy, apologetic)
2
apologetic(adjective, sad, unhappy)
2
guilty
2
penitent(adjective, sad, unhappy, apologetic)
2
penitential(adjective, sad, unhappy, apologetic, remorseful)
2
regretful(adjective, sad, unhappy, apologetic)
2
rueful(adjective, sad, unhappy, apologetic)
2
shamefaced(adjective, sad, unhappy, apologetic)
1
ashamed
1
bad(adjective, sad, unhappy, apologetic)
1
attritional(sad, unhappy, relieved, unlit, subfusc)
1
compunctious(sad, unhappy, apologetic)
1
embarrassed
1
self-reproachful(sad, unhappy, relieved, unlit, subfusc)
1
shamed
1
sorrowful(adjective, sad, unhappy, apologetic)
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