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Definition of an Emotion — Part III

Latin

Conscientiæ morsus est tristitia concomitante idea rei præteritæ quæ præter spem evenit.

English (Elwes 1883)

Disappointment is pain accompanied by the idea of something past, which has had an issue contrary to our hope.

Modern English

Remorse is sadness accompanied by the idea of something past that turned out contrary to our hope.