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remorsefulness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of remorsefulness

a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing

he was gnawed by an unrelenting remorsefulness for the pain that he had caused people

Synonyms of remorsefulness

contriteness, contrition, guilt, penitence, regret, remorse, repentance, rue, self-reproach, shame

Words Related to remorsefulness

compunction, misgiving, prick, qualm, scruple

blame, culpability, fault

liability, rap, responsibility

chagrin, embarrassment

anguish, distress, grief, ruth, sadness, sorrow

bloodguilt, bloodguiltiness

apology, excuses, hand-wringing, mea culpa

Antonyms of remorsefulness

impenitence, remorselessness

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