feeling of remorse

collocation in English

meaningsoffeelingandremorse

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feeling
noun
uk
/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/us
/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/
the fact of feeling ...
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remorse
noun[U]
uk
/rɪˈmɔːs/us
/rɪˈmɔːrs/
a feeling of sadness and being sorry for something you ...
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(Definition offeelingandremorsefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffeeling of remorse

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Afeelingofremorseovercomes him when he sees the body crumple into lifelessness.
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The most obvious penalty of guilty knowledge is thefeelingofremorse.
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Taking responsibility for an error may increase already existing feelings of remorse, guilt, and inadequacy.
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Acknowledging the feelings of remorse, anger, guilt, inadequacy, humiliation, and fear is the first step toward resolution and an important prerequisite for the other steps.
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When he told the psychiatrists that he regretted what he had done, they wrote that he clearly did not have any real underlyingfeelingofremorse.
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Narcissists do not take responsibility for relationship difficulties and exhibit nofeelingofremorse.
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Although those thoughts were often afterward accompanied by feelings of remorse, this came too late in the operant sequence to serve as a viable punisher.
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Genuine negative feelings of remorse leaked by the lower face were immediately covered up with a neutral expression.
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Afterwards, he quits his country estate, traveling abroad to deaden his feelings of remorse.
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He has anger-management issues, and often hurts his co-workers (with no feelings of remorse).
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We should never forget our feelings of remorse over this.
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When trying to convince people to forgive themselves, it is crucial not to erase the potentially adaptive feelings of remorse along with the more destructive self-condemnation.
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