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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Remorse

/(r?*m?rs")/ · Re·morse · IPA /ɹɪˈmɔɹs/
01 n. The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life.
  1. 1.
    The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life.
  2. 2.
    Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.
    “Curse on the unpardoning prince, whom tears can draw To no remorse.” — Dryden.
    “But evermore it seem'd an easier thing At once without remorse to strike her dead.” — Tennyson.
Syn. Compunction; regret; anguish; grief; compassion. See Compunction.