| attrition(distress, shame, sorrow, forgiveness, absolution) |
| compunction(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) |
| confession(forfeit, forgiveness, reparation, absolution, retribution) |
| contriteness(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance) |
| contrition(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) |
| debasement(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance) |
| degradation(distress, shame, sorrow, repentance, penitence) |
| distress(shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance, penitence) |
| expiation(noun, woe, forfeit, forgiveness, reassurance) |
| grief(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) |
| hair shirt(noun, expression, punishment, forfeit, forgiveness) |
| humbling(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance) |
| humiliation(distress, shame, sorrow, degradation, repentance) |
| mortification(forfeit, forgiveness, reparation, absolution, retribution) |
| penalty(forfeit, forgiveness, reparation, absolution, retribution) |
| penance(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) |
| penitence(noun, distress, shame, sorrow, woe) |
| penitency(noun, distress, woe, degradation, reassurance) |
| personal punishment(noun, expression, self-punishment, self-hatred) |
| punishment(forfeit, forgiveness, reparation, absolution, retribution) |