remorseful
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmɔː(ɹ)sfʊl/
adj
Etymology: From remorse + -ful.
- Feeling or filled with remorse.
“He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution.”
- Expressing or caused by remorse.
“There was a remorseful look on her face.”
“Quiet people too, for I think that about this time a sort of remorseful tenderness comes over the bullies and the nagsters, so that they go about gently and deprecatingly, hoping by one day's record sweetness to outface the year's blusterings.”