remorsere‧morse /rɪˈmɔːs $ -ɔːrs/ noun [uncountable] 
Throughout the trial, he had shown no remorse.remorse for She felt a pang of remorse for what she had done.be full of remorse/be filled with remorse Filled with remorse, Dillon decided to resign.—remorseful adjective—remorsefully adverb
WORD ORIGINremorse
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French remors, from Latin remordere ‘to bite again’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- He admitted killing the man but showed no sign of remorse.
- Many men are afflicted with guilt and remorse at leaving their wives.
- She was full of remorse for hurting her family.
- The woman sounded so nice, McKee felt a twinge of remorse at what he had done to her family.
- As I loped along, I felt absolutely no remorse.
- I like a bit of a giggle, not remorse and tears afterwards.
- Immediately overcome by remorse, I lowered him to the floor and tried to apologize.
- Jean, distraught with grief and remorse, was put on trial.
- Sumers, ashamed and full of remorse, attempts to locate his daughter.
- The shame, the guilt, the remorse were weighing heavily upon the parents.
- To this day, I still feel no remorse for these men.
- When Robbie lost her temper, it was a sudden eruption, short-lived and always followed by remorse.
THESAURUS
the feeling you have when you have done something you know is wrong: · Divorce often leaves people with feelings of guilt.
the feeling of being guilty or embarrassed that you have after doing something that is wrong, when you feel you have lost people’s respect: · I was too scared to help him, and I was filled with shame.
a feeling of sadness about something, especially because you wish it had not happened: · Kate watched her go with a pang of regret.
a strong feeling of being sorry for doing something very bad: · a murderer who showed no remorse
formal a feeling of being guilty and sorry for something wrong that you have done: · The company CEO expressed contrition for the errors that led to the crash.· He sounded full of contrition.· They wanted to perform some kind of act of contrition (=do something that shows you feel sorry for something).
formal a feeling of being sorry for something that you have done wrong, when you do not intend to do it again: · He expressed genuine penitence at the harm he had done her.· a period of reflection and penitence
the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is morally right or wrong: · My conscience has been troubling me ever since.
Longman Language Activatora guilty feeling the feeling you have when you have done something that you know is wrong: · Guilt can be a very destructive emotion.feeling of guilt: · People often have feelings of guilt after a divorce.
the guilty feeling that you have when you know that you have behaved badly and lost people's respect: · Voting through cuts in benefits to the poorest people is a matter of shame for all of us.shame about: · Too many women are taught to feel guilt or shame about sex.shame at: · As he left the house, Mungo felt a pang of shame at telling Alice a lie.almost die of shame (=be very ashamed): · The next day I remembered how drunk I'd been , and almost died of shame.bring shame on somebody: · Some girls feel that refusing their parents' choice of husband will bring shame on their family.
a feeling of being very sorry for something bad that you have done, so that you wish you had not done it: · He admitted killing the man but showed no sign of remorse.remorse for: · She was full of remorse for hurting her family.remorse at: · Many men are afflicted with guilt and remorse at leaving their wives.twinge/pang of remorse (=a small feeling of remorse): · The woman sounded so nice, McKee felt a twinge of remorse at what he had done to her family.
a set of feelings that stop you from doing something wrong or that make you feel guilty when you have done something wrong: · Her murderer was a psychopath with a total lack of conscience.twinge/pang of conscience (=a sudden feeling of guilt): · He was capable of making the most ruthless decisions with no apparent pangs of conscience.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Throughout the trial, he had shown no remorse. Filled with remorse, Dillon decided to resign.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Their faces were suddenly filled with fear. She felt a sudden pang of guilt.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
a strong feeling of being sorry that you have done something very bad: Throughout the trial, he had shown no remorse. Filled with remorse, Dillon decided to resign. Their faces were suddenly filled with fear. She felt a sudden pang of guilt.· Something had died in me and I felt terrible and guilty and full of remorse.· Sumers, ashamed and full of remorse, attempts to locate his daughter.· She stopped, her heart full of remorse and sadness and a great, overwhelming love.· Afterwards she would be full of remorse and would return to playing the clean-living model student.· Whenever he's freed, his solicitor added that Paul Rachael remains full of remorse for what happened.
VERB· Next time you communicate with your friend, express deep remorse and offer a groveling apology.· Anyway, I accepted responsibility and apologized and expressed deep remorse.· And, to this day, he has expressed no remorse whatsoever for his behavior or even admitted to the crime.
· Melissa felt a pang of remorse.· Only then, after it was too late to reverse the process, did I feel remorse.· She felt a moment's remorse as she looked down at his sleeping face.· To this day, I still feel no remorse for these men.· Have you ever felt remorse after drinking? 12.· Indeed I was forgetful, pathologically so, and for this too I felt nothing but remorse.· Mr. Griffiths Does not the Secretary of State feel any remorse about those figures?· As I loped along, I felt absolutely no remorse.
· True, at the start he had been filled with remorse.· Out to get what he can, but filled with remorse.
· A frequent comment of observers about a prisoner in for a serious offence like murder is that he shows no remorse.· Mass killer William George Bonin, showing no remorse and described by Gov.· Samson routinely got into fights, and once killed 1000 Philistines single-handedly and then gloated over it, showing no remorse.
Throughout the trial, he had shown no remorse.remorse for She felt a pang of remorse for what she had done.be full of remorse/be filled with remorse Filled with remorse, Dillon decided to resign.—remorseful adjective—remorsefully adverb- interim
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