Definition of "sense of shame" []

• A motivating awareness of ethical responsibility (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Deceitful and lovable and cruel even when he loved, wielding the belt in private, screaming abuse, criticizing, stealing self-confidence and instilling self-loathing and a deep sense of shame for just being female."
• "She felt a sense of shame about herself, her life, and most of all her self-delusion that she had ever been in control of Julian LaSalle."
• "Mondini shared my sense of shame and impotence; Badoglio had not kept him informed."