remorse

distressing emotion experienced by an individual who regrets actions which they have done in the past that they deem to be shameful, hurtful, or wrong
Event negative_emotion Q490149
remorse
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remorse

Summary

remorse is a negative emotion[1]. remorse draws 378 Wikipedia views per month (negative_emotion category, ranking #25 of 34).[2]

Key Facts

  • remorse's instance of is recorded as negative emotion[3].
  • remorse's instance of is recorded as advanced emotion[4].
  • remorse is a type of regret[5].
  • remorse is part of theory of emotion[6].
  • remorse is part of psychological terminology[7].
  • remorse's Commons category is recorded as Remorse[8].
  • remorse's described by source is recorded as Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[9].
  • remorse's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • remorse's partially coincident with is recorded as regret in Islam[11].
  • remorse's different from is recorded as Remorse[12].
  • remorse's different from is recorded as Al Nadam[13].
  • remorse's permanent duplicated item is recorded as penitence[14].

Body

Context

Part of include theory of emotion[6], a psychological theory[15] and psychological terminology[7]. Recorded instance of include negative emotion[3] and advanced emotion[4].

Why It Matters

remorse draws 378 Wikipedia views per month (negative_emotion category, ranking #25 of 34).[2] remorse has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] remorse is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from Remorse, Al Nadam
    Part of
    Subclass of
    Permanent duplicated item penitence
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 5411, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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