remorse
[noun]
Synonyms: regret, anguish, compunction, contrition, grief, guilt, penitence, repentance, shame, sorrow

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English Thesaurus: guilt, shame, regret, remorse, contrition, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

re‧morse /rɪˈmɔːs $ -ɔːrs/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: remors, from Latin remordere 'to bite again']
a strong feeling of being sorry that you have done something very bad ⇒ regret:
Throughout the trial, he had shown no remorse.
remorse for
She felt a pang of remorse for what she had done.
be full of remorse/be filled with remorse
Filled with remorse, Dillon decided to resign.
—remorseful adjective
—remorsefully adverb

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

remorse
noun
ADJ. deep, genuine, real
QUANT. pang, stab
VERB + REMORSE be filled with, be full of, be overcome with, be stricken with, feel, have, suffer She knew that the next day she would be guilty and full of remorse. I suffered no remorse.
display, express, show
PREP. without ~ He died without remorse.
~ at He felt some remorse at his behaviour.
~ for She was filled with remorse for the crime.
~ over She felt a sharp pang of remorse over the incident.
PHRASES a feeling of remorse, tears of remorse

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

guilt the feeling you have when you have done something you know is wrong:
Divorce often leaves people with feelings of guilt.
shame the feeling of being guilty or embarrassed that you have after doing something that is wrong, when you feel you have lost people’s respect:
I was too scared to help him, and I was filled with shame.
regret a feeling of sadness about something, especially because you wish it had not happened:
Kate watched her go with a pang of regret.
remorse a strong feeling of being sorry for doing something very bad:
a murderer who showed no remorse
contrition formal a feeling of being guilty and sorry for something wrong that you have done:
The company CEO expressed contrition for the errors that led to the crash.
He sounded full of contrition.
They wanted to perform some kind of act of contrition (=do something that shows you feel sorry for something ).
penitence formal a feeling of being sorry for something that you have done wrong, when you do not intend to do it again:
He expressed genuine penitence at the harm he had done her.
a period of reflection and penitence
conscience the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is morally right or wrong:
My conscience has been troubling me ever since.

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