What does remorseful mean?
Definitions for remorseful
rɪˈmɔrs fəlre·morse·ful
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word remorseful.
Princeton's WordNet
contrite, remorseful, rueful, ruthfuladjective
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
Wiktionary
remorsefuladjective
Feeling or filled with remorse.
He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution.
remorsefuladjective
Expressing or caused by remorse.
There was a remorseful look on her face.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Remorsefuladjective
Tender; compassionate.
Etymology: remorse and full.
O Eglamour, think not I flatter,
Valiant and wise, remorseful, well accomplish’d. William Shakespeare.Love, that comes too late,
Like a remorseful pardon slowly carried,
To the great sender turns a sowre offence. William Shakespeare.The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day
Is crept into the bosom of the sea. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.
Wikipedia
remorseful
Remorse is a distressing emotion experienced by an individual who regrets actions which they have done in the past that they deem to be shameful, hurtful, or wrong. Remorse is closely allied to guilt and self-directed resentment. When a person regrets an earlier action or failure to act, it may be because of remorse or in response to various other consequences, including being punished for the act or omission. People may express remorse through apologies, trying to repair the damage they've caused, or self-imposed punishments. In a legal context, the perceived remorse of an offender is assessed by Western justice systems during trials, sentencing, parole hearings, and in restorative justice. However, there are epistemological problems with assessing an offender's level of remorse.A person who is incapable of feeling remorse is often diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder, as characterized in the DSM IV-TR. In general, a person needs to be unable to feel fear, as well as remorse, in order to develop psychopathic traits. Legal and business professions such as insurance have done research on the expression of remorse via apologies, primarily because of the potential litigation and financial implications.
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remorseful
Remorseful refers to a deep feeling of regret or guilt for a wrong committed, often accompanied by a desire to make amends or seek forgiveness. It describes the state of being sorry for one's actions or behaviours that have caused harm or discomfort to others.
Webster Dictionary
Remorsefuladjective
full of remorse
Remorsefuladjective
compassionate; feeling tenderly
Remorsefuladjective
exciting pity; pitiable
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of remorseful in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of remorseful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of remorseful in a Sentence
She is very sorry for what she's done, very remorseful, very ashamed, very embarrassed and accepts full responsibility for her actions.
The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea.
Ambassador Lorenzo is remorseful and has chosen to accept full responsibility for his participation in his criminal conduct with his co-defendants.
EMTSBA III - The Writing Reflex:
A guilty conscience will get you reacting to justify your action, but a remorseful conscience will get you acting to rectify your reaction.
He feels hugely remorseful for everything that's happened — for the injuries and the deaths — but he never intended to cause harm to anybody, it seems to be a bit of an overreach.
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