| contrition(noun, feeling, bad, worry, concern) |
| penitence(noun, feeling, bad, worry, concern) |
| remorse(noun, feeling, bad, worry, concern) |
| penance(noun, interjection, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| sorrow(noun, bad, worry, concern, distress) |
| compunction(noun, feeling, bad, worry, concern) |
| grief(noun, bad, worry, concern, distress) |
| rue(noun, feeling, bad, worry, distress) |
| self-reproach(noun, bad, worry, concern, distress) |
| penitency(noun, feeling, bad, distress, shame) |
| ruefulness(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame) |
| sorriness(noun, bad, sorrow, regret) |
| lamentation(noun, worry, concern, shame) |
| self-condemnation(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame) |
| remorsefulness(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| sackcloth and ashes(noun, expression, idiom, forfeit) |
| anguish(noun, worry, concern, distress, pain) |
| expiation(noun, forfeit, forgiveness, reassurance) |
| heartbreak(noun, worry, concern, distress, pain) |
| pangs of conscience(noun, expression, idiom, shame, sorrow) |