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122 entries under noun topic. ×
| atonement(shame, compensation, rite, forfeit) | |
| penalty(abuse, discipline, reprimand, sanction) | |
| repentance(interjection, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| penitence(distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| contrition(distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| punishment(abuse, stick, reprimand, compensation) | |
| reparation(abuse, discipline, reprimand, sanction) | |
| remorse(distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| amends(compensation, forfeit, renewal, reparation) | |
| confession(forfeit, reparation, penitence, self-punishment) | |
| expiation(woe, compensation, forfeit, renewal) | |
| compensation(forfeit, renewal, reparation, amends) | |
| absolution(forfeit, reparation, self-punishment, sacrament) | |
| restitution(compensation, renewal, repentance, amends) | |
| sackcloth and ashes(expression, idiom, woe, rite) | |
| self-mortification | |
| mortification(abuse, discipline, reprimand, sanction) | |
| compunction(distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| rue(distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| suffering(abuse, discipline, reprimand, sanction) |
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