After-(unkind/lying)-words

reflection?
regret?
remorse?
admission, confession?
repentance, turning, changing?
say sorry to someone?
pray pardon peace?
vow to be more careful in future?
bluster, denial?
brash,  reckless?
self-assertive, cocksure?
hardening, pretence?
self-deception (I didn’t say it)
memory blocked out
tangled web
discontent, uneasy, uncomfortable?
lonely, unsettled?
empty?
angry?
reflection?
vow to be more careful in future?

[IP: Afterwards]