as in ashamed
feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done
was remorseful about all the trouble that he had caused in the family
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Recent Examples of remorseful
Caleb's very remorseful and his heartfelt sympathies are extended to the Parris family.
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Rachel Desantis, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Higgins no longer drinks, and has been remorseful since she was first taken into custody, Gipson-McLean said.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2024
When deputies showed up at his home, Colin Gray did not appear remorseful, Ward testified.
—Devon M. Sayers, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
In jail, her friends had coached her to appear remorseful but not to cry, because no one likes self-pity.
—Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2024
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Rachel Desantis, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Higgins no longer drinks, and has been remorseful since she was first taken into custody, Gipson-McLean said.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2024
When deputies showed up at his home, Colin Gray did not appear remorseful, Ward testified.
—Devon M. Sayers, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
In jail, her friends had coached her to appear remorseful but not to cry, because no one likes self-pity.
—Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remorseful
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Too many people too ashamed, suspicious, or fearful to speak.Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
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Don’t feel ashamed that your resume is missing a date, diploma, employment, or skill.AllBusiness, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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There’s no room for feeling sorry for ourselves in the NBA, in life in general.Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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The teen’s attorney, Bob Dunlap, said at the time his client was sorry for what occurred.Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Her scenes with Burstein are rich and funny and regretful; those with June (Jordan Tyson) and Louise (Joy Woods) are withering.Jesse Green, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Now, Nicole is speaking out about her regretful decision to share such a personal story about one of her past relationships.Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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So either stage it or don’t, but packaging its grandeur with an apologetic shrug is trying to have it both ways.Justin Davidson, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Women were expected to be apologetic and submissive.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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In his new statement, Suga took an even more repentant tone, apologizing for damaging his reputation and disappointing fans while opening himself to any further punishment.Justin Curto, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2024
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Released 24 years after a debut verse on an album no less auspicious than Outkast’s Stankonia, this was a veteran artist taking stock, vividly drawing the lines between the struggling kid and the grateful, repentant adult.Christopher R. Weingarten, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2024
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Everyone would be expecting a contrite performance from him, tepid jokes about male-female relationships, jokes about how horrible men were, and so on.Camille Bordas, Harper's Magazine, 2 May 2024
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Scotty was pretty contrite during the reunion, but Aria was clearly heartbroken.Laura Bradley, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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But with Cash on the vocals, the song and the man singing are nearly penitent.Stephanie Kaloi and James Mercadante, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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Eighteen years later, playing the beloved daughter of Al Pacino’s Michael, she is shot dead on the steps of the opera house in Palermo, taking a bullet meant for the belatedly penitent godfather, who now comprehends without any doubt that there is no escaping the sins of his or his relatives’ past.Andrew Marzoni, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023
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