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Pertaining to regicide, or to one committing it; having the nature of, or resembling, regicide. Bp. Warburton.

dampers or shutters, as in the floor or wall of a room or passage, or in a chimney, for admitting or excluding heated air, or for regulating ventilation.

A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the comission of violent crimes. [U.S.] A few stood neutral, or declared in favor of the Regulators. Bancroft.

Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable; irreparable; as, a remediless mistake or loss. "Chains remedilesse." Spenser. Hopeless are all my evils, all remediless. Milton.

Capable of being remitted or forgiven. Feltham.

The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.

Remitting; forgiving; abating. Bp. Hacket.

and more certain right. Blackstone. In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince. Hayward. The prisoner was remitted to the guard. Dryden.

The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission. Disavowing the remitment of Claudius. Milton.

like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life. "Nero will be tainted with remorse." Shak.

Admitting of being removed. Ayliffe. -- Re*mov`a*bil"i*ty (-, n.

Admitting, or worthy, of remuneration. -- Re*mu`ner*a*bil"i*ty (r, n.

Capable, or admitting, of being rendered.

To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do. First she relents With pity; of that pity then repents. Dryden.

The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin. Chaucer. Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2. Cor. vii. 20. Repentance is a change of mind, or a conversion from sin to God. Hammond. Repentance is the relinquishment of any p…

Capable or admitting of being put back into a place.

estigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress. There is no man that may reporten all. Chaucer.

Capable or admitting of being reported.

Admitting of repudiation; fit or proper to be put away.

Admitting of being compared; like. [Obs.] Gower.