| distress(noun, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance) |
| expiation(noun, woe, forfeit, forgiveness, reassurance) |
| heartbreak(noun, woe, reassurance, expiation) |
| humbling(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, degradation) |
| humiliation(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, degradation) |
| qualm(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, degradation) |
| ruefulness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) |
| sackcloth and ashes(noun, expression, idiom, woe, forfeit) |
| sadness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, degradation) |
| scruple(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, degradation) |
| self-castigation(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) |
| self-condemnation(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) |
| self-flagellation(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) |
| self-punishment(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) |
| self-reproach(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) |
| shrift(noun, woe, forfeit, forgiveness, reassurance) |
| absolution(forfeit, forgiveness, reparation, retribution, self-punishment) |
| affliction |
| amends(forfeit, reparation, self-punishment) |
| atonement(shame, forfeit, reparation, repentance, contrition) |