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27 entries under degradation topic. ×
| regret(noun, action, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| remorse(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| penitence(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| rue(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| grief(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| repentance(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| contrition(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| sadness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| compunction(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| self-reproach(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| attrition(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish) | |
| contriteness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, anguish) | |
| anguish(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| debasement(noun, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| distress(noun, shame, sorrow, repentance) | |
| humbling(noun, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| humiliation(noun, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| penance(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| penitency(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| qualm(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame) |
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