Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Moral anguish arising from repentance for past misdeeds; bitter regret. synonym: penitence.
- noun Obsolete Compassion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Intense and painful regret due to a consciousness of guilt; the pain of a guilty conscience; deep regret with self-condemnation.
- noun Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.
- noun Synonyms Compunction, Regret, etc. (see
repentance ), self-reproach, self-condemnation, anguish, stings of conscience.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life.
- noun Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A feeling of
regret orsadness for doingwrong orsinning . - noun obsolete
Sorrow ;pity ;compassion .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The reason that FNC is doing so well while some committed-left media operations are failing is what I call the remorse factor.
unknown title 2009
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Throw in Selleck, and "no remorse" is the least of it.
Tom Selleck, 'Jesse Stone' keep doing what they do best 2010
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Oscar, the definition of remorse is "a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs".
Page 3 2010
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The appropriate action to show your remorse is resignation. vs
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He probably doesn't need any jail time - his remorse is likely more than he can bear.
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Oscar, the definition of remorse is "a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs".
Page 3 2010
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The whole voice mail was clearly a product of the kind of uncorked rage that always ends in remorse and sorrow, but it was not entirely witless.
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Oscar, the definition of remorse is "a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs".
Page 3 2010
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The whole voice mail was clearly a product of the kind of uncorked rage that always ends in remorse and sorrow, but it was not entirely witless.
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He probably doesn't need any jail time - his remorse is likely more than he can bear.
purpleturtle commented on the word remorse
Remorse is such a graceful, beautiful word yet it describes something so vicious and biting.
June 19, 2011
fbharjo commented on the word remorse
a code for morse, perhaps dah di dah di dah dah di dah
June 19, 2011
munjal.upadhyay commented on the word remorse
I accept that your remorse is genuine, the judge said.
January 21, 2014
ruzuzu commented on the word remorse
Man. That GNU Webster's definition is something I'd have expected from the Century: "The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life."
January 12, 2018