remorseful

Definition

Feeling or filled with remorse.

Etymology

From remorse + -ful.

Example Sentences

• "He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution."
• "There was a remorseful look on her face."
• "Quiet people too, for I think that about this time a sort of remorseful tenderness comes over the bullies and the nagsters, so that they go about gently and deprecatingly, hoping by one day's record sweetness to outface the year's blusterings."

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