atonement

• It was something which he felt rather than percieved, and he never voiced the feeling without subsequent regret and ample atonement.
• It is the satisfaction or repreration for a wrong or injury; amends.
• a·tone·ment [uh-tohn-muh[image]nt]
• noun

• The quadroon nurse was looked upon as a huge encumbrance.
• a dependent person, especially a child.
• en·cum·brance [en-kuhm-bruh[image]ns]
• noun

• Working for a common cause, Haney says, fosters a high degree of camaraderie  in the office.
• comradeship; good-fellowship.
• ca·ma·ra·de·rie [kah-muh-rah-duh-ree, -rad-uh-, kam-uh-]
• noun

• She did not remonstrate, except again to repulse him quietly but firmly.
• To present and urge reasons in opposition.
• re·mon·strate [ri-mon-streyt]
• verb

• It moved her to dreams, to thoughtfulness, to the shadowy anguish which had overcome her the midnight when she had abandoned herself to tears.
• excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain
• an·guish [ang-gwish]
• noun