remorse

Definitions


[rɪˈmɔːs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed
(e.g: they were filled with remorse and shame)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French remors, from medieval Latin remorsus, from Latin remordere ‘vex’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + mordere ‘to bite’




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