remorsefulness

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But despite the mental health factor and Clayton’s remorsefulness, the judge said he could not find a reason to sentence him below the standard range and handed down a 58-month sentence, the Columbian reported.

From Washington Times • Jan. 28, 2021

“Although I appreciate Hinch’s remorsefulness, I must hold him accountable for the conduct of his team, particularly since he had full knowledge of the conduct,” Mr. Manfred wrote.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2020

There is a morbid, scrupulous remorsefulness for wrong-doing, a desponding conviction that repentance and restoration are impossible, which may well be put away.

From Modern Substitutes for Christianity by Muir, Pearson McAdam

"But, papa!" she exclaimed, in sudden remorsefulness, "you won't take any risks that you can honorably escape?"

From An Original Belle by Roe, Edward Payson

We told the pigman all about the deserters, and about our miserable inside remorsefulness, and he said he knew just how we felt.

From Oswald Bastable and Others by Brock, C. E. (Charles Edmund)