I like the term compassion as well.
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remorse : A gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs.
If you feel remorse you must feel guilty of doing something wrong. I understand what you are feeling. It's not remorse.
Remorse is as close to the description that I feel ..... not the definition you quoted, Magic ..... but look at definition #2
remorse Definition
re·morse (ri môrs
′)
noun[*]a deep, torturing sense of guilt felt over a wrong that one has done; self-reproach[*]
pity; compassion:
I like the word compassion. I think that might be as close to how we feel as words can describe.