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regret collapse: be sorry; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard"; decline formally or politely; "I regret I can't come to the party"; feel sad about the loss or absence of

superego collapse: (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience

conscience collapse: conformity to one's own sense of right conduct; "a person of unflagging conscience"; a feeling of shame when you do something immoral; "he has no conscience about his cruelty"; motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions

scruple collapse: an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action; uneasiness about the fitness of an action; a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains; have doubts about; raise scruples; "He lied and did not even scruple about it"; hesitate on moral grounds; "The man scrupled to perjure himself"

censor collapse: a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable; someone who censures or condemns; subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"

regretful collapse: feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"

shamefaced collapse: showing a sense of shame; extremely modest or shy; "cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise"- H.O.Taylor

rightfully collapse: by right; "baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime"

penitent collapse: (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor); feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds

verily collapse: in truth; beyond doubt or question; "trust in the Lord...and verily thou shalt be fed"- Ps 37:3; truly or confidentially; "I verily think so"

undeniably collapse: to an undeniable degree or in an undeniable manner; "she is undeniably the most gifted student in the class"

actually collapse: used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly; "you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out"; "she actually spoke Latin"; "they thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets"; "people who seem stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous"; in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt"; as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis; "actually, we all help clear up after a meal"; "actually, I haven't seen the film"; "I'm not all that surprised actually"; "she hasn't proved to be too satisfactory, actually"; at the present moment; "the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air"

indubitably collapse: in a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted; "it was immediately and indubitably apparent that I had interrupted a scene of lovers"

guilty collapse: showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater; responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; or marked by guilt; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds"; "a guilty conscience"; "guilty behavior"

surtax collapse: an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed; levy an extra tax on; "surtax luxury items that cost more than $1,000"

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