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26 entries under distress topic. ×
| compunction(noun, feeling, shame, sorrow) | |
| contrition(noun, feeling, shame, sorrow) | |
| remorse(noun, feeling, sorrow, woe) | |
| repentance(noun, feeling, bad, shame) | |
| attrition(noun, feeling, shame, sorrow) | |
| contriteness(noun, feeling, shame, sorrow) | |
| remorsefulness(noun, feeling, shame, sorrow) | |
| rue(noun, feeling, shame, sorrow) | |
| anguish(noun, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| degradation(noun, penitence) | |
| grief(noun, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| humiliation(noun, sorrow, degradation, repentance) | |
| penance(noun, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| penitence(noun, feeling, shame, sorrow) | |
| qualm(noun, degradation, regret, scruple) | |
| sadness(noun, degradation, penitence) | |
| debasement(noun, degradation, penitence) | |
| humbling(noun, degradation, penitence) | |
| ruefulness(noun, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| ruth(noun, sorrow, degradation, regret) |
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