REGRET
\ɹɪɡɹˈɛt], \ɹɪɡɹˈɛt], \ɹ_ɪ_ɡ_ɹ_ˈɛ_t]\
Definitions of REGRET
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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be sorry; "I regret to say..."
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decline formally or politely; "I regret I can't come to the party"
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feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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decline formally or politely; "I regret I can't come to the party"
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feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
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sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game"
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regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"
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be sorry; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard"
By Princeton University
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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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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.
By Oddity Software
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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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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Those affective states which can be experienced and have arousing and motivational properties.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Mental sorrow for anything, as for past conduct or neglect.
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To remember with distress; wish that (something) had not happened; feel sorry for the loss of; as, what we lose, we regret.
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Regretted.
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Regretting.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To grieve at: to remember with sorrow:-pr.p. regretting: pa.t. and pa.p. regretted.
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Sorrow for anything: concern: remorse.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To look back to with distress; grieve over; remember with longing.
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Sorrow for something that can not be recalled or prevented; grief; concern.
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Regretful.
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Regretly.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Grief; sorrow;—pain of mind at something causing unhappiness; sorrowful longing; —pain of conscience; remorse; repentance; penitence.
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