remorse Definition
re·morse (ri môrs′)
noun
- a deep, torturing sense of guilt felt over a wrong that one has done; self-reproach
- 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
remorse Synonyms
remorse
n.
without remorse
remorse Usage Examples
Converse of object
- express: The theme focuses on whether Eichmann can be induced to express remorse for his deeds.
- feel: Dont expect me to feel remorse for the scum of the earth.
- show: Why doesn't he show more remorse for the murdered, innocent Iraqis?
- have: Indeed they seem to have no remorse for anything they have done.
- experience: How lucky to be free to do nothing and experience no remorse.
- suffer: They are blocking the truth solely for selfish reasons and they will suffer remorse when they pass over.
Converse of subject
- haunt: Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumors of his wife's infidelities, Justin surprises himself by plunging headlong into a dangerous odyssey.
- overcome: Scrooge is overcome by remorse, and vows to reform and change his life.
- strike: Stricken by remorse, she entered torpor and was revived by Nanna with his own blood, shortly before the founding of Rome.
Adjective modifier
- genuine: This scheme gives offenders the opportunity to express genuine remorse through tangible means.
- deep: It was that night, in deep remorse, Van Gogh famously cut off part of his own ear.
- mental: The perpetrators of this evil deed will pay a terrible price in mental remorse when they pass from this world.
- little: Phillips has already gone, with very little remorse.
- true: His reaction, when he realizes what he's done, is guilt ( tho not true human remorse ).
Noun used with modifier
buyer: We buy big & make small margins no " Buyers remorse here.
Possessives
buyer: You will not have buyer's remorse or fear of the bill.
Preposition: of
- conscience: I myself was not without some remorse of conscience: the poor result achieved seemed to me too dearly bought.
- hangover: Information: Seeing in Christmas and the New Year is often a double-edged sword - enjoyment laced with the remorse of hangovers and overeating.
Preposition: for
death: A penitent Henry, full of remorse for the death of his former friend, later came here on a pilgrimage.
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