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38 entries under sorrow topic. ×
| regret(noun, action, distress, shame, blame) | |
| contrition(noun, feeling, worry, concern, distress) | |
| repentance(noun, feeling, bad, worry, concern) | |
| remorse(noun, upset, feeling, worry, concern) | |
| compunction(noun, upset, feeling, worry, concern) | |
| penance(noun, distress, shame, woe) | |
| attrition(noun, feeling, distress, shame) | |
| contriteness(noun, feeling, distress, shame) | |
| grief(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| rue(noun, feeling, distress, shame) | |
| qualm(noun, worry, concern, distress, anxiety) | |
| self-reproach(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| shame(noun, blame, fault, responsibility) | |
| humiliation(noun, distress, shame, degradation) | |
| atonement(noun, shame, compensation, regret) | |
| degradation(noun, distress, shame, repentance) | |
| distress(noun, shame, degradation, repentance) | |
| remorsefulness(noun, feeling, distress, shame) | |
| ruefulness(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| sadness(noun, distress, shame, sympathy) |
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