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