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remords.

remorse, feeling of remorse

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʁə.mɔʁ/
  1. remorse, feeling of remorse

    invariable · masculine
    J'ai des remords de lui avoir refusé mon aide.
Where this word comes from

From Old French remors, from Medieval Latin remorsus, from Latin remordeō (“to torment, to vex”, literally “to bite back”), from re- + mordeō (“to bite”). The d was added later by analogy with remordre.

verb/ʁə.mɔʁ/
  1. inflection of remordre (“to bite again, to bite back”): first/second-person singular present indicative

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · second-person · singular
  2. inflection of remordre (“to bite again, to bite back”): second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

From Old French remors, from Medieval Latin remorsus, from Latin remordeō (“to torment, to vex”, literally “to bite back”), from re- + mordeō (“to bite”). The d was added later by analogy with remordre.

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