-- Re*morse"ful*ly, adv. -- Re*morse"ful*ness, n.
Re*morse"less, a. Being without remorse; having no pity; hence,
destitute of sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless.
"Remorseless adversaries." South. "With remorseless cruelty." Milton.
Syn. -- Unpitying; pitiless; relentless; unrelenting; implacable;
merciless; unmerciful; savage; cruel.
-- Re*morse"less*ly, adv. -- Re*morse"less*ness, n.
Re*mote" (r?-m?t"), a. [Compar. Remoter (-?r); superl. Remotest.] [L.
remotus, p. p. of removere to remove. See Remove.] 1. Removed to a
distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to
place; as, remote ages; remote lands.
Places remote enough are in Bohemia.
Shak.
Remote from men, with God he passed his days.
Parnell.
2. Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in
various figurative uses. Specifically: (a) Not agreeing; alien;
foreign. "All these propositions, how remote soever from reason."
Locke. (b) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or
consanguinity. (c) Separate; abstracted. "Wherever the mind places
itself by any thought, either amongst, or remote from, all bodies."
Locke. (d) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant. "From
the effect to the remotest cause." Granville. (e) Not obvious or
sriking; as, a remote resemblance.