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remord

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: rĭmôrdʹ
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmɔːd/

1

verb

Meaning 1

To feel remorse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, obsolete

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To excite to remorse; to rebuke.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

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History

Etymology

From the Middle English remorden, from the Anglo-Norman and Middle French remordre and its etymon the Latin remordeō, from re- + mordeō; compare the Catalan remordir, remordre, the French remordre, the Italian rimordere, the Old Occitan remordre, the Portuguese remorder, and the Spanish remorder.