| Main Entry: |
remorse |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
guilty or bad conscience |
Synonyms: |
anguish,
attrition,
compassion,
compunction, contriteness,
contrition,
grief,
guilt, pangs of conscience,
penance, penitence, penitency,
pity,
regret, remorsefulness, repentance,
rue, ruefulness, self-reproach,
shame,
sorrow
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| Notes: |
regret carries no explicit admission that one is responsible for an incident, while remorse implies a sense of guilty responsibility and a greater feeling of personal pain and anguish |
Antonyms: |
good conscience, happiness, remorselessness, satisfaction
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