Full of guilt or regret (8)

I believe the answer is:

contrite

(Other definitions for contrite that I've seen before include "Suffering remorse" , "Feeling sorrow for sins" , "Feeling remorse" , "in a sorry state indeed" , "Wholly penitent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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