remonstrative, a. expostulatory, [remonstrant].

remorse, n. self-reproach, [sorrow], [regret], [penitence]; [pity], [compassion], [sympathy].

remorseless, a. [implacable], [ruthless], [merciless], [unmerciful].

remote, a. [distant].

remoteness, n. [distance].

removal, n. displacement, dislodgement, transference, [expulsion], elimination, [dismissal], [discharge], [ejection], [dispossession], divestiture, extraction.

remove, v. [move], [displace], transfer, dislodge; [dismiss], [discharge], divest, [dispossess], [eject]; [extract], [isolate], [abstract], [withdraw].

remuneration, n. See pay.

remunerative, a. [profitable], [lucrative].

rend, v. [tear], rive, [lacerate], [cleave], sunder.