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compunction(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
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contrition(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
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remorse(noun, feeling, distress, sorrow, woe)
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repentance(noun, feeling, bad, distress, shame)
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attrition(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
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contriteness(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
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remorsefulness(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
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rue(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
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anguish(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe)
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degradation(noun, distress, penitence)
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distress(noun, degradation, penitence)
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grief(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe)
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humiliation(noun, distress, sorrow, degradation, repentance)
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penance(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe)
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penitence(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
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qualm(noun, distress, degradation, regret, scruple)
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sadness(noun, distress, degradation, penitence)
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debasement(noun, distress, degradation, penitence)
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humbling(noun, distress, degradation, penitence)
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ruefulness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe)
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