| penitence(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| remorse(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| contrition(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| penance(noun, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| compunction(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| grief(noun, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| penitency(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| repentance(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| rue(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| sorrow(noun, shame, anguish, regret) |
| anguish(noun, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| expiation(noun, forfeit, forgiveness, reassurance) |
| heartbreak(noun, reassurance, expiation) |
| ruefulness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| sackcloth and ashes(noun, expression, idiom, forfeit) |
| self-castigation(noun, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| self-condemnation(noun, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| self-flagellation(noun, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| self-punishment(noun, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| self-reproach(noun, distress, shame, sorrow) |