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Well the first thing I'd say is that I'm not sure exactly what I'm supposed to do to show my remorse other than to say that I'm remorseful.
Jayson Blair

Meaning of "remorseful" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF REMORSEFUL

remorseful  [rɪˈmɔːsfʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REMORSEFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Remorseful is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES REMORSEFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

remorseful

Remorse

Remorse is an emotional expression of personal regret felt by a person after they have committed an act which they deem to be shameful, hurtful, or violent. Remorse is closely allied to guilt and self-directed resentment. When a person regrets an earlier action or failure to act, it may be because of remorse or in response to various other consequences, including being punished for the act or omission. In a legal context, the perceived remorse of an offender is assessed by Western justice systems during trials, sentencing, parole hearings, and in restorative justice. However, it has been pointed out that epistemological problems arise in assessing an offender's level of remorse. A person who is incapable of feeling remorse is often labelled with antisocial personality disorder - as characterized in the DSM IV-TR. In general, a person needs to be unable to feel fear, as well as remorse, in order to develop psychopathic traits. Legal and business professions such as insurance have done research on the expression of remorse via apologies, primarily because of the potential litigation and financial implications.

Definition of remorseful in the English dictionary

The definition of remorseful in the dictionary is deeply regretful and guilty.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REMORSEFUL


blissful
ˈblɪsfʊl
disgraceful
dɪsˈɡreɪsfʊl
distressful
dɪsˈtrɛsfʊl
forceful
ˈfɔːsfʊl
glassful
ˈɡlɑːsfʊl
graceful
ˈɡreɪsfʊl
houseful
ˈhaʊsfʊl
increaseful
ɪnˈkriːsfʊl
peaceful
ˈpiːsfʊl
purposeful
ˈpɜːpəsfʊl
purseful
ˈpɜːsfʊl
resourceful
rɪˈzɔːsfʊl
successful
səkˈsɛsfʊl
suspenseful
səˈspɛnsfʊl
unpeaceful
ʌnˈpiːsfʊl
unremorseful
ˌʌnrɪˈmɔːsfʊl
unsuccessful
ˌʌnsəkˈsɛsfʊl
unuseful
ʌnˈjuːsfʊl
useful
ˈjuːsfʊl
wineglassful
ˈwaɪnˌɡlɑːsfʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REMORSEFUL

remonstratory
remontant
remontoir
remontoire
remora
remoralisation
remoralise
remoralization
remoralize
remorse
remorsefully
remorsefulness
remorseless
remorselessly
remorselessness
remortgage
remote
remote access
remote control
remote job entry

WORDS THAT END LIKE REMORSEFUL

careful
diseaseful
easeful
fateful
grateful
hateful
hopeful
menseful
museful
noiseful
pauseful
praiseful
promiseful
reposeful
senseful
shameful
tasteful
unreposeful
vengeful
wasteful

Synonyms and antonyms of remorseful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «REMORSEFUL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «remorseful» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of remorseful

Translation of «remorseful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REMORSEFUL

Find out the translation of remorseful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of remorseful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «remorseful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

懊悔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

remordimiento
570 millions of speakers

English

remorseful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ग्लानि से पूर्ण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نادم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

раскаяния
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

remorso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনুতপ্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

plein de remords
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyusahkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

reumütig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

悔恨の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

후회
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Remorseful
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ăn hận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வருத்தத்தில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पश्चात्ताप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pişman
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pieno di rimorso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skruszony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

каяття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

remușcări
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μετανοιωμένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

berou
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

remorseful
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

angrende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of remorseful

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REMORSEFUL»

The term «remorseful» is regularly used and occupies the 96.701 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REMORSEFUL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about remorseful

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QUOTES WITH «REMORSEFUL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word remorseful.
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Jayson Blair
Well the first thing I'd say is that I'm not sure exactly what I'm supposed to do to show my remorse other than to say that I'm remorseful.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REMORSEFUL»

Discover the use of remorseful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to remorseful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Remorseful Day
Far from it. Never has Morse performed more brilliantly than in this final adventure, whose masterly twists and turns through the shadowy byways of passion grip us to the death. . . . From the Paperback edition.
Colin Dexter, 2009
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Psychotherapy and the Remorseful Patient
This authoritative new book illustrates the necessity and value of remorse as a psychological experience.
E. Mark Stern, 1989
3
Remorseful Vows: & Free at Last
Remorseful Vows: In English, Spanish, and French Chelsea Maya Ortiz, a naïve, but kind-hearted Argentinean student in United States, is utterly alone.
Sylvan De Lafeuille, 2010
4
The Remorseful Assassin
Seduced long ago by the romance of radical chic, Jim and Kate carried out an assassination.Jim is now up for Prime Minister but has many enemies. Kate is their key to destroying him.The sky is dark with chickens coming home to roost...
Ray Peirson, 2010
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Judgments and Recommended Punishment of Remorseful Offenders ...
The aims of this research were to investigate the effects of the expression of remorse on judgments of offenders and recommended punishment for offenders.
Anna Gasiorek, 2006
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Moral Conflicts of Organ Retrieval: A Case for Constructive ...
Yet, the person may appropriately feel guilty or remorseful in the sense of recognizing one's causal connection to the misfortune.37 A carefully constructed argument showing that a person appropriately feels guilt other than survivors' guilt ...
Charles C. Hinkley, 2005
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Unsettling Accounts: Neither Truth Nor Reconciliation in ...
100 Victims and survivors are burdened with offering an appropriate response to perpetrators' remorseful confessions. They are expected to be grateful. They are expected to regard the confessions as unexpected and generous gifts.
Leigh A. Payne, 2008
8
Physical Abusers and Sexual Offenders: Forensic and Clinical ...
Those who confess typically demonstrate one of two profiles — those that are remorseful and those that are remorseless. Those that are remorseful experience guilt, concern, and possibly depression. They are sorry for what they did, admit to  ...
Scott Allen Johnson, 2006
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The Immorality of Punishment
First, the qualified thesis implies, once again, that not only would a remorseful Charlie deserve less severe punishment than a non-remorseful Charlie, so too would a remorseful Höss deserve less severe punishment than a non-remorseful  ...
Michael J. Zimmerman, 2011
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Rights, Goods, and Democracy
The remorseful person may derive satisfaction from his recognition of his remorse , through believing that it is right or proper or fitting that he be remorseful. But such satisfaction is a second-order phenomenon and presupposes the first-order  ...
Ramon M. Lemos, 1986

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REMORSEFUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term remorseful is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mobster Whitey Bulger Pens Remorseful Letter to Teen Girls: "If you …
James "Whitey" Bulger, the Boston crime boss who was convicted of 11 murders, has penned a letter to three 17-year-old girl in which he admitted he "wasted" ... «People Magazine, Jun 15»
2
Teens remorseful in Snellville prank
Snellville, GA — The attorney for two of five Brookwood High School students charged in a prank gone wrong says the teens are deeply remorseful for their ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jun 15»
3
Chris Brown Pens Remorseful Note As Karrueche Tran Reflects …
Chris Brown has a real talent for acting like an ass and then apologizing for it later, and his latest remorseful Instagram is no different. The hip hop bad boy ... «X17 Online, May 15»
4
Amos Yee 'extremely remorseful' over molest allegations against …
Singapore teen blogger Amos Yee has said that he is “extremely remorseful” for the molest allegations that he made against his bailor, Vincent Law. «Yahoo Singapore News, May 15»
5
Mother accused of hosting naked Twister party 'remorseful'
A Georgia mother accused of having sex with two teenagers during a party that involved alcohol, pot and naked Twister says she's remorseful about what ... «WSOC Charlotte, Apr 15»
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'Remorseful' James Graham handed four-match ban after guilty plea
A remorseful Graham has also apologised to Canterbury teammates for his role in the ugly scenes that marred the conclusion to the Good Friday NRL match ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
7
Woman accused of faking cancer is 'remorseful'
“She is very remorseful. Any criminal case that has an individual who has never committed a crime in her life – there's usually a story behind it,” her attorney said. «fox5sandiego.com, Apr 15»
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Remorseful burglar returns to victims' home to confess, gives them …
A criminal with a guilty conscience returned to the scene of the crime to tell his victims: "I'm very sorry." The family, victims of burglary by Lee Bowen a year ... «mirror.co.uk, Mar 15»
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David Wright's message gets through to 'remorseful' Noah …
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - If you see something, say something. At least that was David Wright's thinking on Tuesday, when he and Bobby Parnell chided prized ... «Newsday, Mar 15»
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Attorney: Eastpointe mom 'remorseful' in death of baby
The Eastpointe mother charged with murder and child abuse in the death of her newborn son is "very remorseful" and is willing to give the authority to officials to ... «Lansing State Journal, Jan 15»

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