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Self-reproach (7 letter answer)

The Answer

REMORSE

Tags

anguish ashe board bronte consideration contrition egg fatal feeling guilty laid life modifier moral parole penitence penitent per pleasure poison regret repentant reproach rochester second self sentence sentencing thought time

Notes

The answer REMORSE is uncommon, appearing about once every 475 puzzles.

Related Clues

Parole board consideration
Contrition
Penitence
Factor in sentencing
Moral anguish
Guilty feeling
Penitent's emotion
Repentant regret
Sackcloth and ashes
Miscreant's second thoughts
Sentence modifier, at times
"The fatal egg by Pleasure laid": Cowper
"The poison of life," per Brontë's Rochester

Definition

REMORSE as a noun:

1. (compunction, remorse, self-reproach) = a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
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