kicking up fuss (verb) complain: grumble about
Sinonime: atoning, attritional, compunctious,
conciliatory,
contrite, expiatory, explanatory, on one's knees,
penitent, penitential, propitiatory,
regretful, remorseful, repentant,
rueful, self-effacing, self-incriminating, sorry, supplicating
Antonime: defiant, defying