| dole(noun, shame, guilt, repentance, remorse) |
| doubt(misgiving, qualm) |
| faltering(doubt, misgiving, qualm) |
| grief(noun, shame, guilt, repentance, remorse) |
| guilt(noun, shame, repentance, remorse, compunction) |
| heartache(noun, shame, guilt, repentance, remorse) |
| heartbreak(noun, shame, guilt, repentance, remorse) |
| hesitation(doubt, misgiving, qualm) |
| lamentation(noun, shame, guilt, repentance, remorse) |
| misgiving(noun, shame, doubt, guilt, qualm) |
| pang(noun, shame, guilt, repentance, remorse) |
| pang of guilt(noun, expression, idiom, shame, guilt) |
| pause(doubt, misgiving, qualm) |
| penitence(noun, shame, guilt, repentance, remorse) |
| penitential |
| perplexity(doubt, misgiving, qualm) |
| qualm(noun, shame, doubt, guilt, scruple) |
| reconsideration(doubt, misgiving, qualm) |
| regretfulness(noun, shame, guilt, repentance, remorse) |
| reluctance(doubt, misgiving, qualm) |