regret
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/ɹiˈɡɹɛt/
English
Definitions
noun
- Emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing.
- Dislike; aversion.
verb
- To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.“He regretted his words.”
- (more generally) To feel sorry about (any thing).“I regret that I have to do this, but I don't have a choice.”
- To miss; to feel the loss or absence of.
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Synonyms
ruefulnessrepentdeploresorrowlamentbemoanbewailrueregrettableremorsepitydisapprovalspiteshamehatecondemn