remords

Noun

remorse, feeling of remorse

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of remordre (“to bite again, to bite back”):
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of remordre (“to bite again, to bite back”):

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁə.mɔʁ/

Etymology

From Old French remors, from Medieval Latin remorsus, from Latin remordeō (“I torment, I vex”, literally “I bite back”), from re- + mordeō (“I bite”).
The d was added later by analogy with remordre.

Concepts

remorse

compunction

regret

repentance

self-reproach

sorrow

contrition

reproach

ruefulness

sadness

woe

woefulness

worm

🪱

resipiscence

grief

gainbite

agenbite

commiserations

repetance

guilt

pang

pangs of conscience

pity

plaint

qualm

Synonyms

repentir

contrition

repentance

regret

componction

regrettent

nostalgie

regrettez

regrettons

Translations

Reue

remordiment

rimorso

wroeging

Gewissensbisse

remordimiento

zelfverwijt

remorso

pişmanlık

berouw

spijt

compunzione

Zerknirschung

pentimento

gewetenswroeging