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51 entries under penitence topic. ×
| repentance(noun, interjection, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| contrition(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| remorse(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| confession(noun, forfeit, reparation, self-punishment) | |
| compunction(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| rue(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| apology(compensation, renewal, repentance, remorse, amends) | |
| attrition(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish) | |
| do penance(expression, idiom, atonement) | |
| remorsefulness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| self-punishment(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| acknowledgment | |
| anguish(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| confess | |
| contriteness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish) | |
| debasement(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance) | |
| degradation(distress, shame, sorrow, repentance) | |
| distress(shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance) | |
| grief(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| humbling(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance) |
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