Remorse

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Remorse \Re*morse"\ (r?*m?rs"), 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}.]
     1. 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. "Nero will be tainted
        with remorse." --Shak.
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     2. Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.
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              Curse on the unpardoning prince, whom tears can draw
              To no remorse.                        --Dryden.
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              But evermore it seem'd an easier thing
              At once without remorse to strike her dead.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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     Syn: Compunction; regret; anguish; grief; compassion. See
          {Compunction}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  remorse
       n : a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) [syn: {compunction},
            {self-reproach}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, woe