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Webster 1913 Edition
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
To no
remorse
. Dryden.
But evermore it seem'd an easier thing
At once without
At once without
remorse
to strike her dead. Tennyson.
Syn. – Compunction; regret; anguish; grief; compassion. See
Compunction
. Webster 1828 Edition
Remorse
REMORSE
,Noun.
1.
The keen pain or anguish excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed.2.
Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.Curse on th' unpard'ning prince, whom tears can draw to no remorse.
[This sense is nearly or quite obsolete.]
Definition 2024
remorse
remorse
English
Alternative forms
- remorce (obsolete)
Noun
remorse (countable and uncountable, plural remorses)
- A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning.
- 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian:
- Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years.
- 1897, Oscar Wilde, "De Profundis,"
- Failure, disgrace, poverty, sorrow, despair, suffering, tears even, the broken words that come from lips in pain, remorse that makes one walk on thorns, conscience that condemns . . . —all these were things of which I was afraid.
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- (obsolete) Sorrow; pity; compassion.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, King John, act 4, scene 3,
- This is the bloodiest shame,
- The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke,
- That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage
- Presented to the tears of soft remorse.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, King John, act 4, scene 3,
Synonyms
- (regret or sadness for doing wrong): agenbite, compunction, contrition, penitence, repentance, self-reproach
- See also Wikisaurus:remorse
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Translations
feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning
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