Thesaurus:remorse

Thesaurus

remorse

English

Noun

Sense: feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning

Synonyms

• agenbite (purposely archaic)
• remorse
• rue (archaic, dialect)
• ruth (now rare)
• compunction
• contrition
• penitence
• repentance
• self-reproach
• sorriness

Antonyms

• apathy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• irrepentance
• nonrepentance
• unremorsefulness
• unrepentance

Hypernyms

• sadness    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:remorseful

Further reading

• “950. penitence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “remorse” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.