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n. Moral anguish arising from repentance for past misdeeds; bitter regret. See Synonyms at penitence.

n. Obsolete Compassion.

n. A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning.

n. Sorrow; pity; compassion.

n. The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life.

n. Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.

n. Intense and painful regret due to a consciousness of guilt; the pain of a guilty conscience; deep regret with self-condemnation.

n. Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.

n. Synonyms Compunction, Regret, etc. (see repentance), self-reproach, self-condemnation, anguish, stings of conscience.

n. a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

"The whole voice mail was clearly a product of the kind of uncorked rage that always ends in remorse and sorrow, but it was not entirely witless."

sorrow    rue    ruefulness    regret   

penance    guilt trip    guilt feelings    guilty conscience    penitence    guilt    repentance   

grief    compunction    regret    anguish    compassion    pity    contrition    self-reproach    agenbite    penitence   

Corse    Force    Morse    Norse    bourse    coarse    corse    course    divorce    endorse   

regret    anguish    dismay    embarrassment    humiliation    guilt    resentment    loneliness    repentance    apprehension