remorse

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

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.]
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