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Definition of remorse noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

remorse

noun
 
/rɪˈmɔːs/
 
/rɪˈmɔːrs/
[uncountable]
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  1. the feeling of being extremely sorry for something wrong or bad that you have done
    • I felt guilty and full of remorse.
    • She felt no remorse at leaving them without notice.
    • remorse for (doing) something He was filled with remorse for not believing her.
    Extra Examples
    • He died without remorse.
    • He felt some remorse at his actions.
    • I suffered no remorse.
    • She felt a sharp pang of remorse over the incident.
    • She knew that the next day she would be full of remorse.
    • She was filled with remorse for the crime.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • deep
    • genuine
    • great
    … of remorse
    • pang
    • stab
    verb + remorse
    • be filled with
    • be full of
    • be overcome with
    preposition
    • without remorse
    • remorse  at
    • remorse  for
    phrases
    • buyer’s remorse
    • a feeling of remorse
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French remors, from medieval Latin remorsus, from Latin remordere ‘vex’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + mordere ‘to bite’.
See remorse in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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