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| contrite |
resulting from or expressing remorse. [1/2 definitions] |
| guilt |
a feeling of remorse or responsibility for real or imagined misdeeds. [1/2 definitions] |
| heart-stricken |
deeply afflicted with grief, dismay, or remorse. |
| obdurate |
hardhearted or without remorse. [1/2 definitions] |
| penitent |
someone who feels or expresses remorse or sorrow for wrongdoing; someone who repents. [1/3 definitions] |
| regret |
to feel sorrow or remorse for (something committed). [2/7 definitions] |
| regretful |
having sorrow or remorse for a loss, an act, or a disappointment. |
| remorseful |
filled with remorse. [1/2 definitions] |
| remorseless |
having or showing no mercy, compassion or remorse; pitiless. |
| repent1 |
to be sorry or feel remorse for sins or transgressions; be penitent. [2/3 definitions] |
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