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21 entries under repentance topic. ×
| compunction(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| contrition(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| remorse(noun, feeling, distress, sorrow, woe) | |
| attrition(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| contriteness(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| remorsefulness(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| rue(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| anguish(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| grief(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| humiliation(noun, distress, sorrow, degradation) | |
| penance(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| penitence(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| ruefulness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| self-reproach(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| sorrow(noun, shame, woe, anguish, humiliation) | |
| apology | |
| compassion(noun, shame, sorrow, anguish, regret) | |
| guilt(noun, shame, sorrow, anguish, grief) | |
| pangs of conscience(noun, expression, idiom, shame, sorrow) | |
| pity(noun, shame, sorrow, woe, anguish) |
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