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89 entries under noun topic. ×
| regret(action, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| sorrow(worry, concern, shame, woe) | |
| remorse(worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| penitence(worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| rue(distress, shame, sorrow, woe) | |
| grief(worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| repentance(worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| contrition(worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| sadness(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation) | |
| woe(worry, concern, shame, anguish) | |
| compunction(worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| self-reproach(worry, concern, distress, shame) | |
| attrition(distress, shame, sorrow, anguish) | |
| contriteness(distress, shame, sorrow, anguish) | |
| guilt(shame, sorrow, anguish, regret) | |
| mournfulness | |
| regretfulness(worry, concern, shame, disappointment) | |
| shame(sorrow, anguish, regret, guilt) | |
| sorrowfulness | |
| affliction(worry, concern, shame, anguish) |
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