remorselessness
Total absence of regret
Remorselessness is the quality of feeling no regret or guilt, especially after causing harm.
It suggests a coldness or cruelty that persists without softening: The remorselessness of his actions shocked even the jury.
The word emphasizes not just an absence of conscience but a notable imperviousness to it.
Showing no remorse
- unashamedLacking guilt or remorse
- unabashedFeeling no shame
- defiantOpenly resisting control
- brazenShamelessly bold
shameless · impenitent · unregretful · guiltless · conscienceless · amoral · hardened · obdurate
Without compassion or emotion
- insensitiveUnaware of others' emotions
- heartlessLacking pity or mercy
- indifferentLacking interest or concern
- uncompassionateWithout sympathy or mercy
unsympathetic · hardened · stony · apathetic · emotionless · cold-hearted · uncaring · unmoved
unapologetic
Showing no remorse
brazen · shameless · impenitent · unregretful · guiltless · conscienceless · amoral · hardened · obdurate · incorrigible
unfeeling
Without compassion or emotion
- insensitiveUnaware of others' emotions
- heartlessLacking pity or mercy
- indifferentLacking interest or concern
uncompassionate · unsympathetic · hardened · stony · apathetic · emotionless · cold-hearted · uncaring · unmoved · detached
merciless
Showing no clemency
heartless · cruel · savage · vicious · cold-blooded · unsparing · barbarous · inhuman · bloodthirsty · sadistic
- behavior problemsaggression, defiance, tantrums, bullying, hitting
- Buddhist Defilementsdosa, greed, hatred, delusion, ignorance
- psychopathypsychopathy, sociopathy, lack of empathy, superficial charm, pathological lying
- coldnesscold, chill, freeze, freezing, coolness
- malevolencemalevolence, cruelty, viciousness, malice, spite
- numbnessnumbness, insensibility, tingling, pins and needles, deadness
remorselessnessremorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
penitence · contrition · repentance · regret · guilt
remorselessnesscompassion
Concern for others' distress
mercy · tenderness · kindheartedness · gentleness · softheartedness
remorselessnessmercifulness
Compassionate treatment of offenders
forbearance · restraint · hesitancy · leniency · self-doubt
remorse, remorseful, remorseless, remorselessly, remorsefulness, remorsefully, unremorseful