2
relief(noun, kindness, sympathy, compassion, blessing)
2
remorsefulness(distress, shame, sorrow, forgiveness, absolution)
2
rue(noun, understanding, distress, shame, sorrow)
2
shame(sorrow, regret, scruple, repentance, remorse)
1
agony(noun, misery, anguish)
1
anguish(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, misery)
1
atonement(shame, sorrow, regret, forfeit, reparation)
1
contriteness(distress, shame, sorrow, humiliation, degradation)
1
debasement(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance)
1
degradation(distress, shame, sorrow, repentance, penitence)
1
dejection(noun, understanding, melancholy, kindness, sympathy)
1
distress(noun, understanding, shame, sorrow, melancholy)
1
dolor(noun, misery, anguish)
1
favour
1
heartache(noun, misery, anguish)
1
heartbreak(noun, misery, anguish)
1
humbling(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance)
1
humiliation(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance)
1
kindliness(noun, understanding, melancholy, kindness, sympathy)
1
melancholy(noun, understanding, kindness, sympathy, compassion)
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