🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

rimorso

Pronunciation / Transliteration: rimorso

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Remorse/rɪˈmɔːrs/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Non provò alcun rimorso."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed.

    "He felt no remorse for his actions."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French word 'remors', which originated from the Medieval Latin 'remorsus', meaning 'a biting again' or 'remorse'. The root goes back to the Latin verb 'remordere', combining 're-' (back, again) and 'mordere' (to bite), metaphorically representing the gnawing pain of guilt.

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