Dear Yong Peng,

Emotions that keep one from doing things causing regret might be dignity or self-respect. There might be better equivalents, not having the affinity with pride.

Is decency another possibility for ottappa? On one hand, it smells like small-hearted suburbia, but on the othere hand immediately makes clear an amount of care for oneself and one's surroundings.

Kind regards,

Ria Glas