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remorse definition

re·morse (ri môrs′)

noun

  1. a deep, torturing sense of guilt felt over a wrong that one has done; self-reproach
  2. pity; compassion: now only in without remorse, pitilessly

Etymology: ME remors < OFr < LL remorsus < L, pp. of remordere < re-, again + mordere, to bite: see mordant

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