agenbite of inwit

agenbite of inwit
agenbite of inwit [ə gen′bīt΄ uv in′wit΄]
n.
ME ayenbite of inwyt, transl. of L remorsus, REMORSE + ME inwyt, inwit, conscience, intellect: phrase revived by James Joyce (1922) in Ulysses
remorse of conscience

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