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51guilt — n 1. guiltiness, culpability, Latin, culpa. criminality; illegality, illicitness, illegitimacy, il legitimateness, lawlessness, unlawfulness; reprehen sibility, blame, blameworthiness, censurability, cen surableness, reproachableness;… …
52qualm — n 1. compunction, pang of conscience, scruple, remorse, contrition, regret; penitence, repentance, contriteness; sorrow, guilt, shame, embarrassment; self reproach, self reproof, self blame, self accusation, self condemnation, self castigation. 2 …
53regret — v 1. lament, bewail, rue, rue the day; deplore, deprecate, bemoan, repine; weep over, grieve, mourn, keen, pine; fret, be stung by conscience; Inf. kick oneself, bite one s tongue, cry over spilt milk; curse one s luck, curse the day, curse one s …
54remorse — n sorrow, sorriness, contrition, regret, penitence, repentance, contriteness, sackcloth and ashes; compunction, bad conscience, guilt, shame, shamefulness, embarrassment, self humiliation, self mortification; self reproach, self reproof, self… …
55rue — v 1. repent of, regret bitterly, sorrow about, lament, bewail, deplore, bemoan, weep over, grieve; mourn, pine, fret; repent, be stung by conscience, be contrite over, feel shame over, be heartsick about, be conscience stricken over; curse the… …
56contrite — /kənˈtraɪt / (say kuhn truyt), /ˈkɒntraɪt / (say kontruyt) adjective 1. broken in spirit by a sense of guilt; penitent: *She seemed altogether humble and contrite, small, even hunched, she who had been proud, on her powerful horse. –patrick white …
57attrition — [n1] wearing down or away abrasion, attenuation, debilitation, depreciation, disintegration, erosion, grinding, rubbing, thinning, weakening, wear; concepts 469,776 Ant. building, strengthening attrition [n2] regret contriteness, penance,… …
58contrition — [n] regret attrition, compunction, contriteness, humiliation, penance, penitence, penitency, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, self reproach, sorrow; concept 410 Ant. hurtfulness, indifference, meanness …
59penitence — [n] shame, sorrow anguish, attrition, compunction, contriteness, contrition, debasement, degradation, distress, grief, humbling, humiliation, penance, qualm, regret, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, rue, ruefulness, ruth, sadness, scruple,… …
60remorse — [n] guilty or bad conscience anguish, attrition, compassion, compunction, contriteness, contrition, grief, guilt, pangs of conscience*, penance, penitence, penitency, pity, regret, remorsefulness, repentance, rue, ruefulness, self reproach, shame …
