remorse
noun
[ rɪˈmɔːs ]
• deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed.
• "they were filled with remorse and shame"
Similar:
contrition,
deep regret,
repentance,
penitence,
guilt,
feelings of guilt,
bad/guilty conscience,
compunction,
remorsefulness,
ruefulness,
contriteness,
sorrow,
shame,
self-reproach,
self-accusation,
self-condemnation,
pangs of conscience,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French remors, from medieval Latin remorsus, from Latin remordere ‘vex’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + mordere ‘to bite’.
