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Regret

/ɹiˈɡɹɛt/

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.

📖 Definitions of "Regret"

noun
  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    Dislike; aversion.

verb
  1. 1

    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."

  2. 2

    (more generally) To feel sorry about (any thing).

    "I regret that I have to do this, but I don't have a choice."

  3. 3

    To miss; to feel the loss or absence of.

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