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49 entries under adjective topic. ×
| repentant(sad, unhappy, regret, apologetic) | |
| penitent(sad, unhappy, sorrowful, regret) | |
| contrite(sad, unhappy, regret, apologetic) | |
| sorry(sad, informal, unhappy, regret) | |
| apologetic(sad, unhappy, regret, remorse) | |
| regretful(sad, unhappy, regret, apologetic) | |
| remorseful(sad, unhappy, regret, guilty) | |
| compunctious(sad, unhappy, regret, apologetic) | |
| compunction | |
| expiatory | |
| rueful(sad, unhappy, apologetic, remorseful) | |
| sorrowful(sad, unhappy, apologetic, remorseful) | |
| conscience-stricken(sad, unhappy, apologetic, remorseful) | |
| guilt-ridden(sad, unhappy, apologetic, remorseful) | |
| mournful(sad, unhappy, apologetic, remorseful) | |
| piacular | |
| redemptive | |
| remorse | |
| abstemious | |
| abstinent |
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