4
conscience(noun, bad, worry, concern, shame)
4
mortification(noun, forfeit, forgiveness, reparation, absolution)
4
ruefulness(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame)
4
sorriness(noun, bad, sorrow, woe, regret)
3
asceticism(noun, asceticism)
3
heartache(noun, worry, concern, distress, pain)
3
humiliation(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, degradation)
3
lamentation(noun, worry, concern, shame, woe)
3
mea culpa(noun, expression, interjection, guilt)
3
qualm(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame)
3
repent
3
sacrament
3
sadness(noun, worry, distress, pain, shame)
3
self-condemnation(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame)
2
hair shirt(expression, forfeit, forgiveness, reparation, absolution)
2
purgation(forfeit, forgiveness, reparation, absolution, retribution)
2
regretfulness(noun, worry, concern, shame, disappointment)
2
remorsefulness(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
2
sackcloth and ashes(noun, expression, idiom, woe, forfeit)
2
woe(noun, worry, concern, distress, pain)
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