remorse (n.)
pity, regret, sorrow
1H6 V.iv.97[Winchester to Richard] the states of Christendom, / Moved with remorse of these outrageous broils
2H6 IV.i.112[Suffolk to Lieutenant] Thy words move rage and not remorse in me
3H6 III.i.40[King to himself] Nero will be tainted with remorse
3H6 V.v.64[Queen to Edward and George] if you had [children], / The thought of them would have stirred up remorse
Ham II.ii.489[First Player to all] With less remorse than Pyrrhus' bleeding sword / Now falls on Priam
MA IV.i.209[Friar to Leonato, of the plan to save Hero] this [shall] ... / Change slander to remorse
MW III.v.9[Falstaff alone, of John and Robert] The rogues slighted me into the river with as little remorse as they would have drowned a blind bitch's puppies
R3 IV.iii.20[Tyrrel alone, of the Princes' killers] both are gone with conscience and remorse
TC II.ii.116[Hector to Troilus, of Cassandra] do not these high strains / Of divination in our sister work / Some touches of remorse?
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