Definition of regret

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Regret (v. t.) To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an error; to regret lost opportunities or friends..

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Commiserate :: Commiserate (v. t.) To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity..
Rue :: Rue (v. t.) To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over.
Sorrow :: Sorrow (n.) The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness..
Desire :: Desire (v. t.) Grief; regret.
Rue :: Rue (v. i.) To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.
Complain :: Complain (v. i.) To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel..
Lackaday :: Lackaday (interj.) Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise..
Forthink :: Forthink (v. t.) To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret.
Regret :: Regret (v.) Dislike; aversion.
Regretful :: Regretful (a.) Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining.
Apology :: Apology (n.) An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret..
Regretting :: Regretting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regre.
Apologize :: Apologize (v. i.) To make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends; -- with for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter..
Rue :: Rue (n.) Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.
Repent :: Repent (v. i.) To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction..
Repent :: Repent (v. t.) To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally.
Desire :: Desire (v. t.) To miss; to regret.
Lack :: Lack (interj.) Exclamation of regret or surprise.
Sorry :: Sorry (a.) Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling..
Regret :: Regret (v.) Pain of mind 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; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction..
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