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Remorse


REMORSE, noun remors'. [Latin remorsus, from remordeo.]

1. The keen pain or anguish excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed.

2. Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.

Curse on th' unpard'ning prince, whom tears can draw to no remorse

[This sense is nearly or quite obsolete.]