33 entries under expiation topic. ×

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contrition(noun, feeling, bad, worry, concern)
20
penitence(noun, feeling, bad, worry, concern)
17
remorse(noun, feeling, bad, worry, concern)
14
penance(noun, interjection, distress, shame, sorrow)
13
sorrow(noun, bad, worry, concern, distress)
11
compunction(noun, feeling, bad, worry, concern)
8
grief(noun, bad, worry, concern, distress)
8
rue(noun, feeling, bad, worry, distress)
7
self-reproach(noun, bad, worry, concern, distress)
5
penitency(noun, feeling, bad, distress, shame)
4
ruefulness(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame)
4
sorriness(noun, bad, sorrow, woe, regret)
3
lamentation(noun, worry, concern, shame, woe)
3
self-condemnation(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame)
2
remorsefulness(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow)
2
sackcloth and ashes(noun, expression, idiom, woe, forfeit)
2
woe(noun, worry, concern, distress, pain)
1
anguish(noun, worry, concern, distress, pain)
1
heartbreak(noun, worry, concern, distress, pain)
1
pangs of conscience(noun, expression, idiom, shame, sorrow)
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