as in remorse
a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing
he was gnawed by an unrelenting remorsefulness for the pain that he had caused people
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Noun
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Marc Lasry, cofounder and CEO of Avenue Capital Group and the former co-owner of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, didn’t express any seller’s remorse for cashing out his stake in the Bucks at a $3.5 billion valuation in 2023, even as the Boston Celtics sold in a deal worth more than $6 billion this year.—
Hank Tucker,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025 -
The accents of remorse are elliptical, inarticulate.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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As their father, Ruffalo’s charm belies a chasm of guilt, which is at the root of all that Hal & Harper is trying to uncover.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt: A 36-year-old man from Chicago was arrested on a charge of criminal trespass to a vehicle at 1:01 p.m. May 29 at the police station, 1350 Aurora Ave.—
Steve Metsch,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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His ability to write across the ensemble turns the family into an unforgettable organism, pulsing with sadness and regret and a small, late-breaking surge of scrappy resilience.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
7 June 2025
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Our only regret is that it wasn’t imposed many years ago when others like Vickrey or Mayors John Lindsay or Mike Bloomberg proposed it.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2025
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That means having the courage to say what needs to be said—without blame, without shame and always with the intention to help.—
Jaide Massin,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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But when the nights are long and your world has shattered, just having something to talk to without shame or fear, can be the difference between falling apart and holding on.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
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“Remorsefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remorsefulness. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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