Thesaurus:remorse
English
Noun
Sense: feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning
Synonyms
- agenbite (purposely archaic)
- remorse
- rue (archaic, dialect)
- ruth (now rare)
- compunction
- contrition
- penitence
- repentance
- self-reproach
- sorriness
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Further reading
- “950. penitence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “remorse” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.