| contriteness(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| curse(noun, distress, sadness, anguish, grief) |
| herb of grace(noun, expression, idiom) |
| pity(noun, feeling, understanding, shame, sorrow) |
| ruefulness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) |
| weep(verb, desire, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| woe(noun, trouble, worry, distress, pain) |
| heartache(noun, trouble, worry, distress, pain) |
| penance(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) |
| apologize(verb, grieve, lament, deplore, regret) |
| attrition(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| be sorry(verb, expression, idiom, grieve, lament) |
| compassion(noun, understanding, shame, sorrow, sympathy) |
| complain(verb, desire, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| feel remorse(verb, expression, idiom, grieve, lament) |
| hurt(verb, desire, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| keen(verb, desire, sorrow, want, cry) |
| moan(verb, desire, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| penitency(noun, feeling, distress, shame, sorrow) |
| qualm(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, degradation) |