remorse

[Re*morseĀ·]

Remorse, a noun, is what you feel if you regret your actions or wish for another outcome.

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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.

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


n.
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.

n.
Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.


Remorse

Re*morse" (r?*m?rs"), n. [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.
But evermore it seem'd an easier thing At once without remorse to strike her dead.
Syn. -- Compunction; regret; anguish; grief; compassion. See Compunction.

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.

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Usage Examples

Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

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Other Usage Examples

Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife she has thought much worse things about you.

I didn't feel any remorse or sympathy if I injured a rival. I went over the top a few times but I never broke anyone's leg.

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