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Synonyms for remorse

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-mawrs
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈmɔrs

Top 10 synonyms for remorse
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Définition of remorse

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French remors (Modern French remords), from Medieval Latin remorsum, noun use of neuter past participle of Latin remordere "to vex, disturb," literally "to bite back," from re- "back" (see re-) + mordere "to bite" (see mordant).
  • The sense evolution was via the Medieval Latin phrase remorsus conscientiæ (translated into Middle English as ayenbite of inwit). Middle English also had a verb, remord "to strike with remorse, touch with compassion, prick one's conscience."
  • noun guilty or bad conscience
Example sentences :
  • What if Remorse should assume the features of an injured friend?
  • Extract from : « The Haunted Mind (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • A feeling of remorse came over him as he put the book on the table.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • No remorse could have come to him with a step more certain or more conquering.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • But you would pardon me if you knew how much I have suffered from it, and how keen my remorse has been.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • But my remorse for all this was deep, and my sufferings, in consequence, were as great as yours.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • There is nothing more distressing than remorse without will.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
  • The revulsion of feeling, the unspeakable horror, the remorse, was more than I could bear.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • It was followed by a fear, an appalling fear, more painful than the remorse.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Yes, remorse, for having so long deserted you: he fears that you will hate him.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Not all the memories of that early day are quite unspotted by remorse.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

Antonyms for remorse

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