| yearn(verb, desire, sorrow, want, cry) | |
| acerbity | |
| acknowledge | |
| acrimony | |
| agony(noun, trouble, worry, distress, pain) | |
| ask forgiveness(expression, deplore, regret, atone, apologize) | |
| atone(verb, deplore, regret, apologize) | |
| atonement(shame, sorrow, regret, forfeit, reparation) | |
| austerity | |
| be ashamed(deplore, regret, atone, apologize) | |
| be contrite(deplore, regret, atone, apologize) | |
| be disturbed(verb, grieve, lament, deplore, apologize) | |
| be upset(verb, suffer, lament, mourn) | |
| beg | |
| bemoaning(noun, trouble, worry, distress, pain) | |
| bitterness(noun, pain, sorrow, despair) | |
| commiserate | |
| condemn(verb, criticize, censure) | |
| confess | |
| conscience(noun, sorrow, regret, scruple, reluctance) |
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