remorse

  • 21remorse — noun have you no remorse for what you did to your friends? Syn: contrition, deep regret, repentance, penitence, guilt, compunction, remorsefulness, ruefulness, contriteness; pangs of conscience, self condemnation, self reproach …

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  • 22remorse — n. 1 deep regret for a wrong committed. 2 compunction; a compassionate reluctance to inflict pain ({{}}esp. in without remorse). Etymology: ME f. OF remors f. med.L remorsus f. L remordere remors vex (as RE , mordere bite) …

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  • 23Remorse for Intemperate Speech — is a poem written by William Butler Yeats. It appeared in The Winding Stair and Other Poems. Yeats wrote this poem in August 1931. The contents speak of the fanatic feelings and hatred a person feels …

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  • 24Remorse ASCII — Infobox computer underground group name = Remorse ASCII caption = origin = country = United States status = active years active = 1994 ndash;1995 1996 ndash;present category = artscene founders = Necromancer Necronite products = affiliates = ACiD …

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  • 25remorse — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French remors, from Medieval Latin remorsus, from Late Latin, act of biting again, from Latin remordēre to bite again, from re + mordēre to bite more at mordant Date: 14th century 1. a gnawing distress… …

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  • 26remorse — /ri mawrs /, n. 1. deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction. 2. Obs. pity; compassion. [1325 75; ME < MF remors < ML remorsus, equiv. to L remord(ere) to bite again, vex, nag (re RE + mordere to bite) + tus suffix of v. action, with dt …

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  • 27remorse — re·morse || rɪ mÉ”rs / mɔːs n. regret, sorrow, guilty feeling, compunction …

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  • 28remorse — noun deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed. Derivatives remorseful adjective remorsefully adverb Origin ME: from OFr. remors, from med. L. remorsus, from L. remordere vex , from re (expressing intensive force) + mordere to bite …

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  • 29remorse — a. Penitence, compunction, contrition, repentance, sorrow, regret, self reproach, reproach of conscience, stings of conscience, self condemnation …

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  • 30remorse — n sorrow, sorriness, contrition, regret, penitence, repentance, contriteness, sackcloth and ashes; compunction, bad conscience, guilt, shame, shamefulness, embarrassment, self humiliation, self mortification; self reproach, self reproof, self&#8230; …

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