Synonyms of remorsefulness

remorsefulness

noun

as in remorse

a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing

he was gnawed by an unrelenting remorsefulness for the pain that he had caused people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• remorse
• guilt
• regret
• shame
• repentance
• penitence
• sadness
• contrition
• grief
• rue
• contriteness
• sorrow
• blame
• apology
• self-reproach
• anguish
• responsibility
• culpability
• compunction
• embarrassment
• chagrin
• distress
• prick
• mea culpa
• fault
• scruple
• misgiving
• liability
• ruth
• qualm
• rap
• excuses
• bloodguiltiness
• bloodguilt
• hand-wringing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• impenitence
• remorselessness