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Webster 1913 Edition


Remorseful

Re-morse′ful

(-m?rs′f?l)
,
Adj.
1.
Full of remorse.
The full tide of
remorseful
passion had abated.
Sir W. Scott.
2.
Compassionate; feeling tenderly.
[Obs.]
Shak.
3.
Exciting pity; pitiable.
[Obs.]
Chapman.
Re-morse′ful-ly
,
adv.
Re-morse′ful-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Remorseful

REMORSEFUL

,
Adj.
remors'ful.
1.
Full of remorse.
2.
Compassionate; feeling tenderly. [Not in use.]
3.
Pitiable. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


remorseful

remorseful

English

Adjective

remorseful (comparative more remorseful, superlative most remorseful)

  1. (of a person) Feeling or filled with remorse.
    He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution.
  2. Expressing or caused by remorse.
    There was a remorseful look on her face.

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References

  • remorseful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • remorseful” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  • "remorseful" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
  • Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.