Despair and Remorse

Despair

Despair noun - Utter loss of hope.

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Remorse and despair are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Remorse" instead a noun "Despair".

Remorse noun - A feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.

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Despair and remorse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Despair" instead a noun "Remorse".

Nearby Words: remorseless, remorseful

utter	utter despair	utter remorse
total	total despair	total remorse
true	true despair	true remorse
sheer	sheer despair	sheer remorse
Other adjectives: deep, real, constant, severe, extreme, great, intense, abject, incredible, hidden, tearful, crippling.

On the rare occasions that they die despite his actions, he can be pretty shaken up about it, which can be either remorse for them or despair at failing the puzzle.

Source: Moral Sociopathy
The act can be a movement across the Moral or Despair Event Horizons, increasing the threat of a character, making the stakes truly a matter of survival and making the lack of forgiveness or remorse clear.

Source: Salt the Earth

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