remorse

nadama

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: rĭ-môrsʹ, IPA: /rɪˈmɔː(r)s/
• (US) enPR: rĭ-môrsʹ, IPA: /rɪˈmɔrs/

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• Hyphenation: re‧morse

Noun

Singular remorse

Plural none

1. (uncountable) Remorse is the feeling of having made a bad mistake. A person gets this bad feeling when they do or say something, and wish they had not. <> nadama, da-na-sani.

   I lost a friend because of what I did, and now I feel such remorse about it.

Related words

• remorseful
• regret