remorse en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɹɪˈmɔː(ɹ)s/ (UK)
- rĭ-môrsʹ (US)
- rĭ-môrsʹ (UK)
- /ɹɪˈmɔɹs/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
First attested circa 14th century as Middle English remors, from Old French remors, from Medieval Latin remorsus, from Latin remordeō (“to torment, vex”, literally “to bite back”), from re- + mordeō (“to bite”). More at remord.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning.
In criminal proceedings, empirical studies have shown that remorse plays an important role in observers’ judgments of defendants.
2014 March 1, Rocksheng Zhong, Madelon Baranoski, Neal Feigenson, Larry Davidson, Alec Buchanan, Howard V. Zonana, “So You’re Sorry? The Role of Remorse in Criminal Law”, in Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online, Volume 42, Issue 1, pages 39–48:Failure, disgrace, poverty, sorrow, despair, suffering, tears even, the broken words that come from lips in pain, remorse that makes one walk on thorns, conscience that condemns . . . —all these were things of which I was afraid.
1897, Oscar Wilde, De Profundis:The accused committed perjury without remorse.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Sorrow; pity; compassion.
This is the bloodiest shame, The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the tears of soft remorse.
c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| remorce | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| remorses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
unrepentance · nonrepentance · apathy · irrepentance · unremorsefulness
Deriveds
buyers' remorse · remorseless · buyer's remorse · seller's remorse
Hypernyms
Relateds
mordant · morsel · apology · remorseless · remorseful · remorsefully · remorselessly
Synonyms
depression · ruth · woe · agenbite · mercy · drearihead · contrition · melancholy · agenbite · crestfallenness · infelicity · sorriness · prosternation · dolefulness · rue · blueness · distress · sympathy · empathy · grief · undelight · dejection · woefare · regret · rue · sympathy · repentance · ruth · heartsore · guilt · self-reproach · compunction · compassion · fellow feeling · loving-kindness · commiseration · remorse · unhappiness · unhappiness · despondency · tristesse · tristfulness · sadness · wretchedness · tenderheartedness · pity · misery · blues · forlornness · penitence · ill-being · sorrowfulness · mourn · mirthless · repentance · rue · melancholia · mishappiness · misery · remorse · downheartedness · bowels · ruth · sorrow
Translations (102)
gl remorso (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · vi hối hận (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · nl berouw (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · hu bűntudat (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ka სინანული (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ia remorso (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · cmn 良心的呵責 /良心的呵责 (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · eo rimorso (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · sl obžalovanje (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · hu lelkifurdalás (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · cmn 悔恨 (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · km វិប្បដិសារី (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · lv sirdsapziņas pārmetums (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · th การเสียดาย (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · it rimorso (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · da skyldfølelse (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · et südametunnistusepiinad (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · sv ånger (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · uk каяття́ (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · fi katumus (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · de Reue (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · mi kaniawhea (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · sh grižnja savesti (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · lt sąžinės priekaištai (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · be дако́ры сумле́ння (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · fr remords (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · gl remordemento (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ja 良心の呵責 (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ar نَدَم (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · fi tunnontuska (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ro remușcare (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · sk výčitky svedomia (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ko 자책감 (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · uk му́ки сумлі́ння (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · sh грижња савести (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · be ка́янне (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · sl kesanje (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ca remordiment (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · pl wyrzuty sumienia (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · sh грижа савјести (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · kmr poşmanî (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · sh griža savesti (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · pt remordimento (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · mk каење (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ru сожале́ние (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · es compunción (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · cy edifeirwch (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · sh griža savjesti (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · mk грижа на совеста (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · es remordimiento (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · cs lítost (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · hu lelkiismeret-furdalás (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · nl gewetenswroeging (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · th สำนึกผิด (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · de Gewissensbisse (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ja 悔悟 (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · pl skrucha (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · sk ľútosť (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · pdt Schultjefeel (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · sl kes (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · nb anger (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · cmn 內疚 /内疚 (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · be му́кі сумле́ння (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · bn অনুশোচনা (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · la cōnscientia (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · be згрызо́ты сумле́ння (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · da anger (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ckb پەشیمانی (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ru раска́яние (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · eo memriproĉo (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · el ενοχή (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · fi tunnonvaiva (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · da samvittighedsnag (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · sh grižnja savjesti (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · nb samvittighetsnag (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · bg разка́яние (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ko 죄의식 (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · eo pento (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · mi kaniawheatanga (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ro regret (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · sh грижа савести (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ko 회오 (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · sv samvetskval (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ru угрызе́ния со́вести (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · pt remorsos (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · cs výčitky svědomí (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · eo bedaŭro (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · enm remors (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ml പശ്ചാത്താപം (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · el τύψη (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ar وَخَز الضَّمِير (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · fr componction (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · hy զղջանք (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · uk му́ки со́вісті (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ota اوگنج (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ga doilíos (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ast remordimientu (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ml കുറ്റബോധം (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · mn гэмшил (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · ang hrēow (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · bg угризе́ния на съвестта́ (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning) · sh грижња савјести (feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning)