remorse
11remorse — re|morse [rıˈmo:s US o:rs] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: remors, from Latin remordere to bite again ] a strong feeling of being sorry that you have done something very bad →↑regret ▪ Throughout the trial, he had shown no remorse …
12remorse — [[t]rɪmɔ͟ː(r)s[/t]] N UNCOUNT Remorse is a strong feeling of sadness and regret about something wrong that you have done. He was full of remorse and asked Beatrice what he could do to make amends... He has shown no remorse for his actions. Syn:… …
13remorse — re|morse [ rı mɔrs ] noun uncount a strong sad and guilty feeling about something that you have done wrong: show/feel/express remorse (for): She has never shown any remorse for her crime …
14remorse — [14] Remorse etymologically denotes the ‘biting’ of conscience. The word comes ultimately from medieval Latin remorsus ‘torment’, a derivative of Latin remordēre ‘bite back’, hence ‘torrnent’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re… …
15remorse — UK [rɪˈmɔː(r)s] / US [rɪˈmɔrs] noun [uncountable] a strong sad and guilty feeling about something that you have done wrong show/feel/express remorse (for): She has never shown any remorse for her crime …
16remorse — [14] Remorse etymologically denotes the ‘biting’ of conscience. The word comes ultimately from medieval Latin remorsus ‘torment’, a derivative of Latin remordēre ‘bite back’, hence ‘torrnent’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re… …
17remorse — noun A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning. 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 …
18remorse — Synonyms and related words: anxiety, apologies, attrition, ayenbite of inwit, bitterness, compunction, contriteness, contrition, embarrassment, grief, guilt, guilty conscience, humiliation, mortification, pangs of conscience, penance, penitence,… …
19remorse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. self reproach, regret, compunction, contrition, penitence. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. compunction, contrition, self reproach, guilt; see regret 1 , repentance , shame 2 . See Synonym Study at repentance …
20remorse — noun (U) a strong feeling of being sorry that you have done something very bad: When he saw tears in her eyes, he was full of remorse for what he had said. remorseful adjective remorsefully adverb …
