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| compunction(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| contrition(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| remorse(noun, feeling, distress, sorrow, woe) | |
| repentance(noun, feeling, bad, distress, shame) | |
| attrition(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| rue(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| penitence(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| qualm(noun, distress, degradation, regret, scruple) | |
| scruple(noun, distress, degradation, regret) | |
| sorrow(noun, shame, woe, anguish, humiliation) | |
| conscience(sorrow, regret, scruple) | |
| guilt(noun, shame, sorrow, anguish, grief) | |
| hesitation(regret, scruple) | |
| misgiving(regret, scruple) | |
| pity(noun, shame, sorrow, woe, anguish) | |
| punctiliousness(regret, scruple) | |
| second thoughts(expression, regret, scruple) | |
| shame(noun, sorrow, anguish, regret, scruple) | |
| stab of conscience(noun, expression, idiom, sorrow, woe) | |
| sympathy(noun, sorrow, woe, regret, scruple) |
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