7
attrition(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
6
heartache(noun, trouble, worry, concern, distress)
6
pangs of conscience(noun, expression, idiom, sorrow, woe)
6
remorsefulness(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
5
qualm(noun, worry, concern, distress, anxiety)
5
mortification(noun, trouble, worry, confusion, pain)
5
pain(noun, trouble, worry, distress, sorrow)
5
ruth(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, compassion)
4
anxiety(noun, upset, doubt, fear, nervousness)
4
apology(noun, worry, concern, shame, anguish)
4
humiliation(noun, distress, confusion, shame, sorrow)
4
penitency(noun, feeling, distress, sorrow, woe)
4
pity(noun, sorrow, woe, sympathy, tenderness)
4
regretfulness(noun, worry, concern, shame, anguish)
4
sorriness(noun, sorrow, woe, grief, regret)
3
bitterness(noun, worry, concern, distress, pain)
3
breast-beating(noun, penitence)
3
compassion(noun, sorrow, sympathy, tenderness, regret)
3
embarrassment(noun, upset, anxiety, confusion, doubt)
3
guilty conscience(noun, expression, idiom)
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