Mortified and Penitent

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Mortified adjective - Made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride.

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Penitent and mortified are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Penitent" instead an adjective "Mortified".

Penitent adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.

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Mortified and penitent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mortified" instead an adjective "Penitent".

But they're quite mortified and penitent about killing humans, even in the face of annihilation.

Source: Literature / Ender's Game

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