REMORSE

compunction, remorse, self-reproach

(noun) a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

remorse (countable and uncountable, plural remorses)

A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning.

(obsolete) Sorrow; pity; compassion.

Synonyms

• (regret or sadness for doing wrong): agenbite, compunction, contrition, penitence, repentance, rue, self-reproach

• See also remorse

Hypernyms

• regret, sadness

Anagrams

• Roemers, roemers

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*morse" (r*mrs"), n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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