Sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation.

synonyms: attrition, contriteness.

Roget 331: friction, attrition; rubbing, abrasion, scraping etc. v.; confrication^†, detrition, contrition^†, affriction^†, abrasion, arrosion^†, limature^†, frication^†, rub; elbow grease; rosin; massage; roughness etc. 256.    rolling friction, sliding friction, starting friction.    ... show more

Roget 950: penitence, contrition, compunction, repentance, remorse; regret etc. 833.    self-reproach, self-reproof, self-accusation, self-condemnation, self-humiliation; stings of conscience, pangs of conscience, qualms of conscience, prickings of conscience^†, twinge of conscience, twitch of conscience, touch of conscience, voice of conscience; compunctious visitings of nature^†.    acknowledgment, confession etc. (disclosure) 529; apology etc. 952; recantation etc. 607; penance etc. 952; resipiscence^†.    awakened conscience, deathbed repentance, locus paenitentiae [Lat.], stool of repentance, cuttystool^†.    penitent, repentant, Magdalen, prodigal son, a sadder and a wiser man" [Coleridge]. ... show more

Dutch: schuldbesef, gewetenswroeging, spijt, zelfverwijt, wroeging, berouw
Polish: żal, skrucha