- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|320
- Abbreviations|0
120 entries under noun topic. ×
| regret(action, distress, shame, blame) | |
| contrition(feeling, worry, concern, distress) | |
| repentance(feeling, bad, worry, concern) | |
| remorse(upset, feeling, worry, concern) | |
| compunction(upset, feeling, worry, concern) | |
| penance(distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| sorrow(worry, concern, shame, woe) | |
| attrition(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| contriteness(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| grief(worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| rue(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| qualm(worry, concern, distress, anxiety) | |
| self-reproach(worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| shame(blame, sorrow, fault, responsibility) | |
| humiliation(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation) | |
| lamentation(worry, concern, shame, woe) | |
| atonement(shame, sorrow, compensation, regret) | |
| degradation(distress, shame, sorrow, repentance) | |
| distress(shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance) | |
| remorsefulness(feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) |
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