Definitions
a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
Word origin
First attested circa 14th century as Middle English remors, from Old French remors, from Medieval Latin remorsus, from Latin remordeō (“to torment, vex”, literally “to bite back”), from re- + mordeō (“to bite”). More at remord.
Used in a sentence
“In criminal proceedings, empirical studies have shown that remorse plays an important role in observers’ judgments of defendants.”
“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.”
“And if we look abroad, to take a view of men as they are, we shall find that they remorse in one place, for doing or omitting that which others, in another place, think they merit by.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Deep regret”7 letters
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