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122 entries under noun topic. ×
| purgation(forfeit, reparation, atonement, self-punishment) | |
| retribution(abuse, discipline, reprimand, sanction) | |
| attrition(distress, shame, sorrow, anguish) | |
| satisfaction(compensation, renewal, amends, damages) | |
| sorrow(shame, woe, anguish, humiliation) | |
| hair shirt(expression, idiom, forfeit, reparation) | |
| mea culpa(expression, interjection, guilt) | |
| price(reprimand, sentence, penalty, castigation) | |
| purgatory(abuse, stick, discipline, reprimand) | |
| remorsefulness(distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| ruth(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation) | |
| self-abasement | |
| self-punishment(distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| shrift(woe, forfeit, reassurance, reparation) | |
| amercement(abuse, stick, discipline, reprimand) | |
| discipline(abuse, stick, reprimand, sanction) | |
| forgiveness(forfeit, reparation, self-punishment) | |
| pain(abuse, stick, discipline, reprimand) | |
| penalization | |
| redemption(compensation, renewal, amends, damages) |
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