remorse
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
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.
Base: mordeō
Affixes: re-
Inflected forms:
form: remorses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: remorce
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: remorses
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: remorsing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: remorsed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: remorsed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: remorce
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: Sorrow; pity; compassion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: To experience remorse or sorrow; to regret.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: 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.
Synonyms: agenbite
remorse
rue
ruth
compunction
contrition
guilt
penitence
repentance
self-reproach
sorriness
Antonyms: apathy
irrepentance
nonrepentance
unremorsefulness
unrepentance
Related words: mordant
morsel
remorseful
remorsefully
remorseless
remorselessly
apology
Derived words: buyer's remorse
buyers' remorse
remorseless
seller's remorse
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: نَدَم
roman: nadam
lang: Arabic
word: وَخَز الضَّمِير
roman: waḵaz aḍ-ḍamīr
lang: Armenian
word: զղջանք
roman: zġǰankʻ
lang: Asturian
word: remordimientu
lang: Belarusian
word: му́кі сумле́ння
roman: múki sumljénnja
lang: Belarusian
word: дако́ры сумле́ння
roman: dakóry sumljénnja
lang: Belarusian
word: згрызо́ты сумле́ння
roman: zhryzóty sumljénnja
lang: Belarusian
word: ка́янне
roman: kájannje
lang: Bengali
word: অনুশোচনা
roman: onuśōcona
lang: Bulgarian
word: угризе́ния на съвестта́
roman: ugrizénija na sǎvesttá
lang: Bulgarian
word: разка́яние
roman: razkájanie
lang: Catalan
word: remordiment
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 悔恨
roman: huǐhèn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 內疚 /内疚
roman: nèijiù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 良心的呵責 /良心的呵责
roman: liángxīn de hēzé
lang: Czech
word: lítost
lang: Czech
word: výčitky svědomí
lang: Danish
word: skyldfølelse
lang: Danish
word: anger
lang: Danish
word: samvittighedsnag
lang: Dutch
word: berouw
lang: Dutch
word: gewetenswroeging
lang: Esperanto
word: memriproĉo
lang: Esperanto
word: rimorso
lang: Esperanto
word: pento
lang: Esperanto
word: bedaŭro
lang: Estonian
word: südametunnistusepiinad
lang: Finnish
word: katumus
lang: Finnish
word: tunnonvaiva
lang: Finnish
word: tunnontuska
lang: French
word: remords
lang: French
word: componction
lang: Galician
word: remordemento
lang: Galician
word: remorso
lang: Georgian
word: სინანული
roman: sinanuli
lang: German
word: Reue
lang: German
word: Gewissensbisse
lang: Greek
word: τύψη
roman: týpsi
lang: Greek
word: ενοχή
roman: enochí
lang: Hungarian
word: bűntudat
lang: Hungarian
word: lelkifurdalás
lang: Hungarian
word: lelkiismeret-furdalás
lang: Interlingua
word: remorso
lang: Irish
word: doilíos
lang: Italian
word: rimorso
lang: Japanese
word: 良心の呵責
roman: ryōshin no kashaku
lang: Japanese
word: 悔悟
roman: kaigo
lang: Khmer
word: វិប្បដិសារី
roman: vɨppaʼdesaarəy
lang: Korean
word: 죄의식
roman: joe'uisik
lang: Korean
word: 자책감
roman: jachaekgam
lang: Korean
word: 회오
roman: hoe'o
lang: Central Kurdish
word: پەشیمانی
roman: peşîmanî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: poşmanî
lang: Latin
word: cōnscientia
lang: Latvian
word: sirdsapziņas pārmetums
lang: Lithuanian
word: sąžinės priekaištai
lang: Macedonian
word: грижа на совеста
roman: griža na sovesta
lang: Macedonian
word: каење
roman: kaenje
lang: Malayalam
word: പശ്ചാത്താപം
roman: paścāttāpaṁ
lang: Malayalam
word: കുറ്റബോധം
roman: kuṟṟabōdhaṁ
lang: Māori
word: kaniawheatanga
lang: Māori
word: kaniawhea
lang: Middle English
word: remors
lang: Mongolian
word: гэмшил
roman: gemšil
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: anger
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: samvittighetsnag
lang: Old English
word: hrēow
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Schultjefeel
lang: Polish
word: wyrzuty sumienia
lang: Polish
word: skrucha
lang: Portuguese
word: remorsos
lang: Portuguese
word: remordimento
lang: Romanian
word: remușcare
lang: Romanian
word: regret
lang: Russian
word: угрызе́ния со́вести
roman: ugryzénija sóvesti
lang: Russian
word: раска́яние
roman: raskájanije
lang: Russian
word: сожале́ние
roman: sožalénije
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: грижа савести
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: грижа савјести
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: грижња савести
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: грижња савјести
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: griža savesti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: griža savjesti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: grižnja savesti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: grižnja savjesti
lang: Slovak
word: ľútosť
lang: Slovak
word: výčitky svedomia
lang: Slovene
word: kesanje
lang: Slovene
word: obžalovanje
lang: Slovene
word: kes
lang: Spanish
word: remordimiento
lang: Spanish
word: compunción
lang: Swedish
word: ånger
lang: Swedish
word: samvetskval
lang: Thai
word: สำนึกผิด
roman: sǎm-nʉ́k-pìt
lang: Thai
word: การเสียดาย
roman: kwaam-sǐia-daai
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اوگنج
roman: evgenc
lang: Ukrainian
word: му́ки сумлі́ння
roman: múky sumlínnja
lang: Ukrainian
word: каяття́
roman: kajattjá
lang: Ukrainian
word: му́ки со́вісті
roman: múky sóvisti
lang: Vietnamese
word: hối hận
lang: Welsh
word: edifeirwch