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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Remorse \Re*morse"\ (r?*m?rs"), noun [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.
2. Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.
Curse on the unpardoning prince, whom tears can draw To no remorse. --Dryden.
But evermore it seem'd an easier thing At once without remorse to strike her dead. --Tennyson.
Syn: Compunction; regret; anguish; grief; compassion. See {Compunction}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
remorse
noun: 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
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