REMORSE

remorse. (fr) remorse, prick of conscience

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REMORSE. → General scriptures concerning Ps 31:10; 38:2-6; 51:1-4,7-17; Pr 1:25-27; 5:7-13; 28:1; Isa 2:19,21; 6:5; 48:22; 57:20,21; La 1:20; Eze 7:16-18,25,26; 33:10; Lu 13:28; Ac 2:37; 9:6; 1Jo 3:20 → INSTANCES OF
* David Ps 51
* Peter Mt 26:75
* Judas Mt 27:3-5
* See CONVICTION, OF SIN
* See PENITENTS
* See REPENTANCE
* See SIN, CONFESSION OF

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remorse. Remorse, n. uneasiness, sting, check, tenderness

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Re‐morse″ (r?‐m?rs″), 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.]] 1. 1. 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.
2. 2. Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.
Curse on the unpardoning prince, whom tears can draw To no remorse. Dryden. But evermore it seem'd an easier thing At once without remorse to strike her dead. Tennyson. Syn. — Compunction; regret; anguish; grief; compassion. See Compunction.