remorse
Syllables: re·morse/ɹɪˈmɔː(ɹ)s/US/ɹɪˈmɔɹs/
remorse noun: a feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning.
Noun
remorse (countable and uncountable, plural remorses)
- A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning.
- The accused committed perjury without remorse.
- 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...
- Synonyms:
- agenbite, repentance
- 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]...
- Synonyms:
- misery, sympathy, unhappiness, blueness, tristesse, mirthless, blues, crestfallenness, dejection, depression
- This is the bloodiest shame,
Verb
remorse (third-person singular simple present remorses, present participle remorsing, simple past and past participle remorsed)
- 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.1689, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
- When they have accepted their advice and have some upleasant experience then they remorse.2009, Pankaj Arora, Sex Education In Schools, page 142
remorse meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
remorse in Hindi
- remorse, grief
- मलाल malāl
remorse in Tamil
- தவறுக்கு வருந்துதல், கழிவிரக்கம்
remorse in Marathi
- remorse; repentance; deep regret felt after a wrongful or unwise act
- पश्चाताप paścātāp
remorse in Urdu
- افسوس, پشیمانی, ندامت
More languagesFewer languages
- remorse in Bengali
- অনুশোচনা onuśōcona
- remorse in Malayalam
- പശ്ചാത്താപം paścāttāpaṁ, കുറ്റബോധം kuṟṟabōdhaṁ
- remorse in Kannada
- ತಪ್ಪನಿಸಿಕೆ, ತೀವ್ರ ಪಶ್ಚಾತ್ತಾಪ, ಪರಿತಾಪ, ಅನುತಾಪ
- remorse in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ਰਮ śaram
- remorse in Arabic
- نَدَم nadam, وَخَز الضَّمِير waḵaz aḍ-ḍamīr
- remorse in Thai
- สำนึกผิด sǎm-nʉ́k-pìt, การเสียดาย kwaam-sǐia-daai
- remorse in Vietnamese
- hối hận
Examples of remorse in a sentence
- He argued with the judge contemptuously, showing no respect or remorse for his actions.
- The mind here exhibited is one untouched by pity, unstung by remorse, and uncorrected by shame.
- There is simply nothing you can say that could make me feel remorse.
Synonyms of remorse
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- dejection
- depression
- despondency
- distress
- dolefulness
- downheartedness
- forlornness
- grief
- ill-being
- infelicity
- melancholia
- melancholy
- mourn
- sadness
- sorrow
- sorrowfulness
- tristfulness
- undelight
- woe
- woefare
- wretchedness
- commiseration
- compassion
- empathy
- fellow feeling
- mercy
- pity
- tenderheartedness
- loving-kindness
- compunction
Antonyms
Forms of remorse
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | remorses |
| alternative form (obsolete) | remorce |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | remorses |
| present participle | remorsing |
| past participle | remorsed |
| past | remorsed |
Origin of remorse
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.
Words formed from remorse
Words that rhyme with remorse
Questions about remorse
- What does remorse mean?
- Remorse means a feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning.
- What is remorse in Hindi?
- Remorse in Hindi is मलाल (malāl). See Remorse meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is remorse?
- Remorse can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce remorse?
- Remorse is pronounced /ɹɪˈmɔː(ɹ)s/ (UK).
- What is the plural of remorse?
- The plural of remorse is remorses.
Words near remorse in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: remorse (page history and authors); मलाल (Hindi) (page history and authors); remorse (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); पश्चाताप (Marathi) (page history and authors); remorse (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); remorse (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸ਼ਰਮ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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