Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-MORSE', n. [remors'; L. remorsus, from remordeo.]

1. The keen pain or anguish excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed. – Clarendon.
2. Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion. Curse on th' unpard'ning prince, whom tears can draw / To no remorse. – Dryden. [This sense is nearly or quite obsolete.]