† remordencyn.
Obsolete. rare.
Remorse, guilt.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > regret > [noun] > remorse
pityc1330
agenbite1340
griefa1375
out-thinkinga1382
remorse of conscience (also mind)c1410
remorsea1425
regreta1540
wringing1623
remord1625
resentment1646
heart-searching1647
remordency1658
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun]
reusingeOE
rueeOE
ruenessOE
bireusingc1000
penitencea1200
rutha1200
after-charc1220
again-charc1220
ruesomenessa1225
ofthinkingc1225
forthinkinga1250
repentancec1300
penancea1325
pityc1330
compunctiona1340
agenbite1340
repentingc1350
athinking1382
contritionc1386
repentaillec1390
rueinga1400
remorse of conscience (also mind)c1410
conscience?a1425
remorsea1425
penitencya1500
penitudea1538
resipiscency?c1550
penancy?1567
resipiscence1570
repent1573
brokennessa1617
remorsefulnessa1617
synteresy1616
synderesis1639
heart-searching1647
synteresis1650
remordency1658
contriteness1692
resentment1705
penitentness1727
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penitence > [noun]
reusingeOE
deedbotec1000
sin-bootc1175
penitencea1200
repentancec1300
penancea1325
compunctiona1340
repentingc1350
contritionc1386
repentaillec1390
remorse of conscience (also mind)c1410
penitencya1500
penitudea1538
penancy?1567
repent1573
metanoia1577
remorsefulnessa1617
synteresy1616
synderesis1639
synteresis1650
remordency1658
sermon-sicknessa1665
contriteness1692
penitentness1727
1658 L. Womock Exam. Tilenus Pref. Epist. sig. A9v The guilt and remordency of his own Conscience may make an accession to his misery.
1717 J. Killingbeck 18 Serm. 175 This is what the Schools call Pœna damni; that remordency of Conscience, that extremity of grief, they feel within themselves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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