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noun
1.
deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction.
2.
Obsolete. pity; compassion.
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Remorse
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
remorse
late 14c., 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
EXPAND into M.E. as ayenbite of inwit).
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