MEANING
Painful self-reproach for wrongdoing or harm one has caused.
Use it for
Haunting guilt, failed apologies, concealment after harm.Distinguish a character's moral pain from fear of punishment.
Words that belong together
- feel remorse
- profound remorse
- without remorse
On the page
Remorse kept returning to the one name he had left out of his confession.
She felt remorse for the lie, not for escaping the house.
The apology arrived without any sign of remorse.
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Word forms
- Base
- remorse
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Unlike regret, usually involves moral responsibility rather than merely an unfortunate outcome. Uncountable; derived adjective remorseful.
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