23
regret(noun, action, distress, shame, sorrow)
9
sorrow(noun, worry, concern, shame, woe)
7
remorse(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame)
6
penitence(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame)
6
rue(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe)
5
grief(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame)
5
repentance(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame)
4
contrition(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame)
4
sadness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, degradation)
4
woe(noun, worry, concern, shame, anguish)
3
compunction(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame)
3
self-reproach(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame)
2
attrition(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish)
2
contriteness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish)
2
guilt(noun, shame, sorrow, anguish, regret)
2
mournfulness
2
regretfulness(noun, worry, concern, shame, disappointment)
2
shame(noun, sorrow, anguish, regret, guilt)
2
sorrowfulness
1
affliction(noun, worry, concern, shame, anguish)
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