remorseful

remorseful
/ri mawrs"feuhl/, adj.
1. full of remorse.
2. characterized by or due to remorse: a remorseful mood.
[1585-95; REMORSE + -FUL]
Syn. 1, 2. contrite, regretful, penitent.

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