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33 entries under expiation topic. ×
| sorrow(noun, worry, concern, shame, woe) | |
| 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) | |
| woe(noun, worry, concern, shame, anguish) | |
| compunction(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| self-reproach(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| anguish(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| heartbreak(noun, worry, concern, shame, woe) | |
| lamentation(noun, worry, concern, shame, woe) | |
| pangs of conscience(noun, expression, idiom, shame, sorrow) | |
| penance(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| penitency(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| remorsefulness(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| self-castigation(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| self-condemnation(noun, worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| self-flagellation(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) |
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