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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The realization that the tax is imposed on the sale of all properties over the $5 million threshold including apartments, commercial and industrial properties, led almost immediately to buyer’s remorse among the city’s political elite.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
21 Feb. 2026 -
The sister said Baez has shown no remorse.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2026
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In the restaurant on the top floor, Gray Kunz’s Café Gray Deluxe, the lamb tagine is so tender there’s no guilt for skipping a chance to have dim sum and Hong Kong’s signature egg tarts.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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The film ruminates on guilt, familial strife, and trauma with Ball’s signature bittersweet touch, earning a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Television Movie.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Feb. 2026
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But as the tables turned quickly on Thursday afternoon, many rank and file staffers expressed regret that the studio would not be hitched to the industry’s dominant subscription streaming platform but rather to a smaller, struggling rival legacy media conglomerate.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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Produced by the artist himself along with D3llano, the song speaks of regret and the desire for a second chance after a breakup.—
Natalia Cano,
Billboard,
27 Feb. 2026
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There’s no shame in belt tightening, which is long overdue in Miami.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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This was a fugitive sensibility with a shroud of shame around it.—
E. Alex Jung,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Remorsefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remorsefulness. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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