regret

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Sadness and regret
aw
be/weigh on your conscienceidiom
bitter
black dog
breastbeating
cry
doom and gloom
feel badidiom
gloominess
glumness
groan
guilt
melancholia
prick
prick someone's conscienceidiom
regretful
regretfully
remorseful
repentant
wretchedness

remorse | American Dictionary

remorse
noun[ U ]
us/rɪˈmɔrs/
a strong feeling of guilt and regret about something you have done:
Judges took account of the prisoner’s remorse.

remorseful

adjectiveus/rɪˈmɔrs·fəl/
I’m still remorseful for having broken it.

remorseless

adjectiveus/rɪˈmɔrs·ləs/
a remorseless tyrant

Examples of remorse

remorse
Taking responsibility for an error may increase already existing feelings of remorse, guilt, and inadequacy.
Acknowledging the feelings of remorse, anger, guilt, inadequacy, humiliation, and fear is the first step toward resolution and an important prerequisite for the other steps.
Yet, it is hardly irrational for a criminal to identify with the larger society, feel remorse for his crimes, and confess because of that identification.
The state that follows this is that of remorse or regret (al-nadam).
She expressed no remorse afterward, nor any real understanding of the fact that this behavior was interfering with her functioning.
As time goes on, he feels less compelled to argue on their behalf or express remorse or compassion for them.
Unfortunately, my embarrassment and remorse over my response hasn't prevented me from dwelling on that incident more than once.
As children grow older they also establish social affiliations and friendships, show greater accountability and remorse for misdeeds, and show more prosocial behaviors.
Some apologies go beyond the initial expression of remorse and implicit or explicit acknowledgment of responsibility.
Many social scientists further recognize that no overarching paradigm can structure social-scientific disciplines and that this is no cause for remorse.
The act is the activity that follows true remorse.
Public remorse was expected if one was to receive absolution.
Many ' perpetrators ' have failed to demonstrate any remorse for their actions.
If two points belong to exactly the same topological artifacts, they can be identified without remorse.
His love and forgiveness, however, cannot break through the barriers of her remorse, and she sinks even deeper into mental and physical decline.
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