24 entries under penance topic. ×
| grief(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, misery) | |
| repentance(noun, bad, shame, sorrow, compassion) | |
| sorrow(noun, understanding, shame, melancholy, kindness) | |
| compunction(noun, understanding, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| sadness(noun, understanding, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| attrition(distress, shame, sorrow, forgiveness, absolution) | |
| remorsefulness(distress, shame, sorrow, forgiveness, absolution) | |
| rue(noun, understanding, distress, shame, sorrow) | |
| shame(sorrow, regret, scruple, repentance, remorse) | |
| anguish(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, misery) | |
| contriteness(distress, shame, sorrow, humiliation, degradation) | |
| debasement(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance) | |
| degradation(distress, shame, sorrow, repentance, penitence) | |
| distress(noun, understanding, shame, sorrow, melancholy) | |
| humbling(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance) | |
| humiliation(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance) | |
| 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) |
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