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Remorse
CIDE DICTIONARY
Remorse, n. [OE. remors, OF. remors,F. remords, LL. remorsus, fr. L. remordere, remorsum, to bite again or back, to torment; pref. re- re- + mordere to bite. See Morsel.].
- 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. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion. [1913 Webster]"Curse on the unpardoning prince, whom tears can draw
To no remorse." [1913 Webster]"But evermore it seem'd an easier thing
At once without remorse to strike her dead." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Compunction; regret; anguish; grief; compassion. See Compunction.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Remorse, n.
1 deep regret for a wrong committed.
2 compunction; a compassionate reluctance to inflict pain ( esp. in without remorse).
1 deep regret for a wrong committed.
2 compunction; a compassionate reluctance to inflict pain ( esp. in without remorse).
Etymology
ME f. OF remors f. med.L remorsus f. L remordere remors- vex (as RE-, mordere bite)
THESAURUS
Remorse
anxiety, apologies, attrition, ayenbite of inwit, bitterness, compunction, contriteness, contrition, embarrassment, grief, guilt, guilty conscience, humiliation, mortification, pangs of conscience, penance, penitence, penitently, regret, regretfulness, regrets, regretting, remorse of conscience, remorsefulness, repentance, repining, rue, ruefulness, self-reproach, shame, shamefacedness, shamefastness, shamefulness, sorriness, sorrow, wistfulness, woeROGET THESAURUS
Remorse
Penitence
N penitence, contrition, compunction, repentance, remorse, regret, self-reproach, self-reproof, self-accusation, self-condemnation, self-humiliation, stings of conscience, pangs of conscience, qualms of conscience, prickings of conscience, twinge of conscience, twitch of conscience, touch of conscience, voice of conscience, compunctious visitings of nature, acknowledgment, confession, apology, recantation, penance, resipiscence, awakened conscience, deathbed repentance, locus paenitentiae, stool of repentance, cuttystool, penitent, repentant, Magdalen, prodigal son, a sadder and a wiser man, penitent, repenting, repentant, contrite, conscience- smitten, conscience-stricken, self-accusing, self-convicted, penitential, penitentiary, reclaimed, reborn, not hardened, unhardened, mea culpa, peccavi, erubuit, salva res est, Tu l'as voulu, Georges Dandin, and wet his grave with my repentant tears.Also see definition of "Remorse" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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