remorse
A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinningA feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning.
» Tom felt no remorse whatsoever.
Том не відчував взагалі жодного каяття. — deniko
CM · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning.
The accused committed perjury without remorse.
Reue, Gewissensbisse
угрызе́ния со́вестиugryzénija sóvesti, раска́яниеraskájanije, сожале́ниеsožalénije
му́ки сумлі́нняmúky sumlínnja, каяття́kajattjá, му́ки со́вістіmúky sóvisti
a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Sorrow; pity; compassion.
Examples
99 sentencesTom felt no remorse whatsoever.
Том не відчував взагалі жодного каяття. — deniko
He exhibited no remorse for his crime.
Tom felt remorse for what he had done.
I felt remorse for what I had done.
Tom expressed no remorse.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
First attested circa 14th century as Middle English remors, from Old French remors, from MFirst 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.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: remorsesSynonyms
54 synonyms- a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed):compunctionself-reproach
Antonyms
5 antonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable