agenbite

agenbite
noun /əˈɡɛnbʌɪt/
remorse, ayenbite, used as a conscious archaism

, 1922: Speaking to me. They wash and tub and scrub. Agenbite of inwit. Conscience. — James Joyce, Ulysses


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