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   Remorse , n. [OE. remors, OF. remors,F. remords, LL. remorsus, fr. L. remordere, remorsum, to bite again or back, to torment; pref. re- re- + mordere to bite. See Morsel.]
   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.
   
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   Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.
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   Curse on the unpardoning prince, whom tears can draw
   To no remorse.
   Dryden.
   
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   But evermore it seem'd an easier thing
   At once without remorse to strike her dead.
   Tennyson.
   
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   Syn. -- Compunction; regret; anguish; grief; compassion. See Compunction.
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