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remorse

noun
/ɹɪˈmɔː(ɹ)s/UK/ɹɪˈmɔɹs/US

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.

  1. derived from remordeō
  2. derived from remorsus
  3. derived from remors
  4. inherited from remors

Definitions

  1. 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.
    • 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.

  2. Sorrow

    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.

  3. To experience remorse or sorrow

    To experience remorse or sorrow; to regret.

    • And if we look abroad, to take a view of men as they are, we shall find that they remorse in one place, for doing or omitting that which others, in another place, think they merit by.
    • When they have accepted their advice and have some upleasant experience then they remorse.
    • Then with godly sorrow they remorse with a humble heart, and they repent.

The neighborhood

Derived

buyer's remorse, buyers' remorse, remorseless, seller's remorse

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at remorse. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at remorse. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at remorse

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA