regret

• WordNet 3.6
  • v regret express with regret "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard"
  • v regret decline formally or politely "I regret I can't come to the party"
  • v regret feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
  • v regret feel sad about the loss or absence of
  • n regret 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 Dislike; aversion.
  • Regret 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. "A passionate regret at sin.""What man does not remember with regret the first time he read Robinson Crusoe?""Never any prince expressed a more lively regret for the loss of a servant.""From its peaceful bosom [the grave] spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections."
  • v. t Regret 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. "Calmly he looked on either life, and here
    Saw nothing to regret , or there to fear.""In a few hours they [the Israelites] began to regret their slavery, and to murmur against their leader.""Recruits who regretted the plow from which they had been violently taken."
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• • regret To look back at with sorrow; feel grief or sorrowful longing for on looking back.
  • regret To grieve at; be mentally distressed on account of: as, to regret one's rashness; to regret a choice made.
  • regret Synonyms To rue, lament. See repentance.
  • n regret Grief or trouble caused by the want or loss of something formerly possessed; a painful sense of loss; desire for what is gone; sorrowful longing.
  • n regret Pain or distress of mind, as at something done or left undone; the earnest wish that something had not been done or did not exist; bitterness of reflection.
  • n regret Dislike; aversion.
  • n regret An expression of regret: commonly in the plural.
  • n regret A written communication expressing sorrow for inability to accept an invitation.
  • n regret Synonyms Concern, Sorrow, lamentation.
  • n regret Penitence, Compunction, etc. See repentance.
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• • v.t Regret rē-gret′ to grieve at: to remember with sorrow
  • pr.p Regret regret′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. regret′ted
  • n Regret sorrow for anything: concern: remorse: a written expression of regret
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• Ambrose Bierce

  

  “Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
• John Barrymore

  

  “A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.”
• Nathan Hale

  

  “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
• Woody Allen

  

  “My one regret in life is that I'm not someone else.”
• George Halas

  

  “Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.”
• Midori Ito

  

  “I have no regrets because I know I did my best -- all I could do.”

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