All 11 Uses of
remorse
in
Jane Eyre
- A child cannot quarrel with its elders, as I had done; cannot give its furious feelings uncontrolled play, as I had given mine, without experiencing afterwards the pang of remorse and the chill of reaction.†
Chpt 4
- Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life.†
Chpt 14 *
- Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life.†
Chpt 14
- I only remind you of your own words, sir: you said error brought remorse, and you pronounced remorse the poison of existence.†
Chpt 14
- I only remind you of your own words, sir: you said error brought remorse, and you pronounced remorse the poison of existence.†
Chpt 14
- I know how soon youth would fade and bloom perish, if, in the cup of bliss offered, but one dreg of shame, or one flavour of remorse were detected; and I do not want sacrifice, sorrow, dissolution — such is not my taste.†
Chpt 19
- There was such deep remorse in his eye, such true pity in his tone, such manly energy in his manner; and besides, there was such unchanged love in his whole look and mien — I forgave him all: yet not in words, not outwardly; only at my heart's core.†
Chpt 27
- I ought probably to have done or said nothing; but I was so tortured by a sense of remorse at thus hurting his feelings, I could not control the wish to drop balm where I had wounded.†
Chpt 27
- Whether is it better, I ask, to be a slave in a fool's paradise at Marseilles — fevered with delusive bliss one hour — suffocating with the bitterest tears of remorse and shame the next — or to be a village-schoolmistress, free and honest, in a breezy mountain nook in the healthy heart of England?†
Chpt 31
- I appealed to one who, in the discharge of what he believed his duty, knew neither mercy nor remorse.†
Chpt 34
- I began to experience remorse, repentance; the wish for reconcilement to my Maker.†
Chpt 37
Definition:
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(remorse) a feeling of deep regret for doing something that was wrongeditor's notes: Synonym comparison (if you're into word choice):
Many consider the word remorse stronger than the word regret. Also, it is more personal. One might regret that their team lost the game, but feel remorse that they missed the bus and weren't there to help the team.