Definition of Remorsefulness

1. Noun. The quality of being remorseful. ¹

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Definition of Remorsefulness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Remorsefulness

remontoirs
remora
remoralize
remoralized
remoralizes
remoralizing
remoras
remord
remording
remorid
remorids
remorse
remorsed
remorseful
remorsefully
remorsefulness (current term)
remorseless
remorselessly
remorselessness
remorses
remort
remorted
remortgage
remortgaged
remortgager
remortgagers
remortgages
remortgaging
remorting
remorts

Literary usage of Remorsefulness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1889)
"... none of which it receives," which brings in a certain remorsefulness to our recollection of the perpetual penance thus inflicted upon our favourites. ..."

2. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1896)
"He was a little afraid of her, and now that she had lost her na'ive enthusiasm he was conscious of a vague remorsefulness for his interrupted work in the ..."

3. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1896)
"he broke out again, with a sudden vague remorsefulness, as he once more sought her elusive hand. " I am a brute — an egotist! ..."

4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1891)
"... and now that she had lost her naive enthusiasm he was conscious of a vague remorsefulness for his interrupted work in the forest. ..."

5. The Journal of Mental Science by Royal Medico-psychological Association (1874)
"To an insane man, on the other hand, who is by reason of his very insanity superstitious, and who has a diseased remorsefulness, such an invitation was full ..."

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