Synonyms of the word

contrition

• n. The state of being contrite; sincere penitence or remorse.
• n. The act of grinding or rubbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing.

attrition

• n. Wearing or grinding down by friction.
• n. The gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource due to causes that are passive and do not involve…
• n. (human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through retirement, resignation,…
• n. (sciences) The loss of participants during an experiment.
• n. (theology) Imperfect contrition or remorse.
• n. (dentistry) The wearing of teeth due to their grinding.
• n. (linguistics) The loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language.

contriteness

• n. The state of being contrite.

regret

• v. To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened,…
• v. (more generally) To feel sorry about (any thing).
• n. Emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different;…
• n. (obsolete) Dislike; aversion.

rue

• n. (archaic or dialectal) Sorrow; repentance; regret.
• n. (archaic or dialectal) Pity; compassion.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to feel sorrow or pity.
• v. (transitive) To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had…
• v. (archaic, intransitive) To feel compassion or pity.
• v. (archaic, intransitive) To feel sorrow or regret.
• n. Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens, formerly used…

ruefulness

• n. The property of being rueful.

sorrow

• n. (uncountable) unhappiness, woe.
• n. (countable) (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.
• v. (intransitive) To feel or express grief.
• v. (transitive) To feel grief over; to mourn, regret.