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