remorse

remorse is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] 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. "Nero will be tainted with remorse." Shak.

[2] Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion. Curse on the unpardoning prince, whom tears can draw To no remorse. Dryden. But evermore it seem`d an easier thing At once without remorse to strike her dead. Tennyson.

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