remorse
noun/rɪˈmɔːs/
/rɪˈmɔːrs/
[uncountable]- the feeling of being extremely sorry for something wrong or bad that you have done
- I felt guilty and full of remorse.
- She felt no remorse at leaving them without notice.
- remorse for (doing) something He was filled with remorse for not believing her.
Extra Examples- He died without remorse.
- He felt some remorse at his actions.
- I suffered no remorse.
- She felt a sharp pang of remorse over the incident.
- She knew that the next day she would be full of remorse.
- She was filled with remorse for the crime.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- genuine
- great
- …
- pang
- stab
- be filled with
- be full of
- be overcome with
- …
- without remorse
- remorse at
- remorse for
- …
- buyer’s remorse
- a feeling of remorse
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French remors, from medieval Latin remorsus, from Latin remordere ‘vex’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + mordere ‘to bite’.
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