All 6 Uses of
remorse
in
Bleak House
- I would have had that fellow shot without the least remorse!†
Chpt 7-9 *
- He spits them out with a remorseful air, for he feels that it is in his nature to be an unimprovable reprobate and that it's no good HIS trying to keep awake, for HE won't never know nothing.†
Chpt 25-27
- It may be that he pursues her doggedly and steadily, with no touch of compunction, remorse, or pity.†
Chpt 28-30
- Think that the reality is in her suffering, in her useless remorse, in her murdering within her breast the only love and truth of which it is capable!†
Chpt 34-36
- "Of repentance or remorse or any feeling of mine," Lady Dedlock presently proceeds, "I say not a word.†
Chpt 40-42
- The complication of her shame, her dread, remorse, and misery, overwhelms her at its height; and even her strength of self-reliance is overturned and whirled away like a leaf before a mighty wind.†
Chpt 55-57
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.