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