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Noun: remorse  ri'mors
  1. A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
    "She felt remorse for lying to her parents";
    - compunction, self-reproach

Derived forms: remorses

Type of: regret, rue [archaic], ruefulness, sorrow

Encyclopedia: Remorse, a Story of the Red Plague