remorseful
adjective
re·morse·ful
ri-ˈmȯrs-fəl 
: motivated or marked by remorse
remorsefulness
noun
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Examples of remorseful in a Sentence
was remorseful about all the trouble that he had caused in the family
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Gaynor’s lawyer, Chris Micali, said his client was remorseful and had made a mistake, but there was no malicious intent.
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Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
In wistful and remorseful turns, Swift acutely describes feeling caught between your heart and your head.
—TIME, 25 Oct. 2023
Anne, remorseful and fearful, swears Théo to secrecy, but the coverup quickly becomes the bigger and better drama: a conflict of terrifying intensity and bitter irony, taut with emotional violence and looming menace.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2023
The teens don’t seem at all remorseful about their actions, while their openly hypocritical — and increasingly histrionic — parents worry about not only their kids’ futures, but how doing what’s right might impact their careers.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
One of the men looked remorseful, Ms. Gomez said, but the other seemed to scrutinize her family judgmentally.
—Lola Fadulu Kholood Eid, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
In a sentencing memo, Rumley’s attorney, Marc Levinson, said his client was remorseful.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
Defense attorney Mark Henry Pollard said his client is not guilty, is remorseful and might claim self-defense.
—Sabrina Souza, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023
Veronica was disappointed that Covington did not appear remorseful and did not apologize.
—Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
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Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
In wistful and remorseful turns, Swift acutely describes feeling caught between your heart and your head.
—TIME, 25 Oct. 2023
Anne, remorseful and fearful, swears Théo to secrecy, but the coverup quickly becomes the bigger and better drama: a conflict of terrifying intensity and bitter irony, taut with emotional violence and looming menace.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2023
The teens don’t seem at all remorseful about their actions, while their openly hypocritical — and increasingly histrionic — parents worry about not only their kids’ futures, but how doing what’s right might impact their careers.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
One of the men looked remorseful, Ms. Gomez said, but the other seemed to scrutinize her family judgmentally.
—Lola Fadulu Kholood Eid, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
In a sentencing memo, Rumley’s attorney, Marc Levinson, said his client was remorseful.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
Defense attorney Mark Henry Pollard said his client is not guilty, is remorseful and might claim self-defense.
—Sabrina Souza, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023
Veronica was disappointed that Covington did not appear remorseful and did not apologize.
—Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
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First Known Use
1592, in the meaning defined above
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