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33 entries under shame topic. ×
| atonement(noun, compensation, rite, forfeit) | |
| repentance(noun, interjection, distress, sorrow) | |
| penitence(noun, distress, sorrow, woe) | |
| contrition(noun, distress, sorrow, woe) | |
| remorse(noun, distress, sorrow, woe) | |
| compunction(noun, distress, sorrow, woe) | |
| rue(noun, distress, sorrow, woe) | |
| attrition(noun, distress, sorrow, anguish) | |
| sorrow(noun, woe, anguish, humiliation) | |
| remorsefulness(noun, distress, sorrow, woe) | |
| ruth(noun, distress, sorrow, degradation) | |
| self-punishment(noun, distress, sorrow, woe) | |
| anguish(noun, distress, sorrow, woe) | |
| contriteness(noun, distress, sorrow, anguish) | |
| debasement(distress, sorrow, degradation, repentance) | |
| degradation(distress, sorrow, repentance, penitence) | |
| distress(sorrow, degradation, repentance, penitence) | |
| grief(noun, distress, sorrow, woe) | |
| humbling(distress, sorrow, degradation, repentance) | |
| humiliation(distress, sorrow, degradation, repentance) |
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