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remorse

/ɹɪˈmɔɹs/ noun C1
  1. A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning. (countable, uncountable) · The accused committed perjury without remorse.

Plural remorses

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Perhaps those prayers may soften the remorse he feels in his heart.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1105 · C1
Barry may feel remorse for what she has done and will let Diana come to my funeral.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 126 · C1
If I had been killed she would had to carry a dark burden of remorse all her life.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 180 · C1
As for Cordelia, she went insane with remorse and was shut up in a lunatic asylum.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 206 · C1

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