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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

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—Synonyms 1. contrition. See regret.

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n.

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

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remorse
noun
a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) [syn: compunction]

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remorse [rəˈmoːs] noun

regret about something wrong or bad which one has done

Arabic:	تَبْكيت الضَّمير
Chinese (Simplified):	悔恨，自责
Chinese (Traditional):	悔恨，自責
Czech:	výčitky svědomí
Danish:	anger
Dutch:	berouw
Estonian:	süümepiin, kahetsus
Finnish:	katumus
French:	remords
German:	die Gewissensbisse
Greek:	τύψεις συνείδησης
Hungarian:	lelkiismeret-furdalás
Icelandic:	iðrun
Indonesian:	penyesalan
Italian:	rimorso

Japanese:	後悔
Korean:	후회
Latvian:	nožēla; sirdsapziņas pārmetumi
Lithuanian:	sąžinės graužimas
Norwegian:	samvittighetsnag, selvbebreidelse
Polish:	wyrzut sumienia
Portuguese (Brazil):	remorso
Portuguese (Portugal):	remorso
Romanian:	remuşcare
Russian:	угрызения совести
Slovak:	výčitky svedomia
Slovenian:	kesanje
Spanish:	remordimiento
Swedish:	samvetskval, ånger
Turkish:	pişmanlık

See also: remorseful, remorseless

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Remorse

Com*punc"tion\, n. [OF. compunction, F. componction, L. compunctio, fr. compungere, compunctum, to prick; com- + pungere to prick, sting. See Pungent.]

1. A pricking; stimulation. [Obs.]

That acid and piercing spirit which, with such activity and compunction, invadeth the brains and nostrils. --Sir T. Browne.

2. A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience.

He acknowledged his disloyalty to the king, with expressions of great compunction. --Clarendon.

Syn: Compunction, Remorse, Contrition.

Usage: Remorse is anguish of soul under a sense of guilt or consciousness of having offended God or brought evil upon one's self or others. Compunction is the pain occasioned by a wounded and awakened conscience. Neither of them implies true contrition, which denotes self-condemnation, humiliation, and repentance. We speak of the gnawings of remorse; of compunction for a specific act of transgression; of deep contrition in view of our past lives. See Regret.

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