| merciful | |
| misery(noun, anguish) | |
| mitigation | |
| pardon | |
| penitency(noun, distress, sorrow, humiliation, degradation) | |
| penitently | |
| poignancy | |
| qualm(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, regret) | |
| ruefulness(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance) | |
| scruple(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, regret) | |
| self-castigation(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance) | |
| self-condemnation(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance) | |
| self-flagellation(distress, shame, sorrow, forgiveness, absolution) | |
| self-pity | |
| self-punishment(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, forfeit) | |
| self-reproach(distress, shame, sorrow, humiliation, degradation) | |
| softheartedness(noun, kindness, sympathy, compassion, blessing) | |
| solicitousness(noun, understanding, sympathy, compassion, mercifulness) | |
| suffering(noun, misery, anguish, forfeit, forgiveness) | |
| understanding(noun, melancholy, kindness, sympathy, compassion) |
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