remorse
- noun (n)
Meaning: guilty or bad conscience
Synonyms:
anguish
attrition
compassion
compunction
contriteness
contrition
grief
guilt
pangs of conscience
penance
penitence
penitency
pity
regret
remorsefulness
repentance
rue
ruefulness
self-reproach
shame
sorrow
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