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Remorse

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re⋅morse

  [ri-mawrs]
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–noun
1. deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction.
2. Obsolete. pity; compassion.
Origin:
1325–75; ME < MF remors < ML remorsus, equiv. to L remord(ere) to bite again, vex, nag (re- re- + mordere to bite) + -tus suffix of v. action, with dt > s; see mordant

Synonyms:
1. contrition. See regret.
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re·morse   (rĭ-môrs')   
n.  

  1. Moral anguish arising from repentance for past misdeeds; bitter regret. See Synonyms at penitence.

  2. Obsolete Compassion.


[Middle English remors, from Old French, from Medieval Latin remorsum, from neuter past participle of Latin remordēre, to torment : re-, re- + mordēre, to bite; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

remorse 
c.1374, from O.Fr. remors (Fr. remords), from M.L. remorsum, from neut. pp. of L. remordere "to vex, disturb," lit. "to bite back," from re- "again" + mordere "to bite" (see smart (v.)). The sense evolution was via the M.L. phrase remorsus conscientiæ (translated into M.E. as ayenbite of inwit).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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