Lexic.us

Definition of Regret

1. Verb. Feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about. "They regret to move "

2. Noun. Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment. ; "To his rue, the error cost him the game"

3. Verb. Feel sad about the loss or absence of.

4. Verb. Decline formally or politely. "I regret I can't come to the party"

5. Verb. Express with regret. "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard"

Definition of Regret

1. n. 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.

2. 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.

Definition of Regret

1. Verb. To feel sorry about (a thing that has happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead. ¹

2. Verb. (context: more generally) To feel sorry about (any thing). ¹

3. Noun. The instance of such an emotion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Regret

1. to look back upon with sorrow or remorse [v -GRETTED, -GRETTING, -GRETS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Regret

regression of y on x regression to the mean regression toward the mean regression tree regressional regressions regressive regressive-reconstructive approach regressive staining regressively

regressiveness regressivities regressivity regressor regressors regret (current term) regretable regretful regretfully regretfulness

regretfulnesses regreting regretless regrets regrets only regrettable regrettably regretted regretter regretters

Literary usage of Regret

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"... relieved by this conversation, that she could not regret her being led on, though so unaccountably, to mention the circumstance which had produced it. ..."

2. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"In fact, the Maréchale, next morning, was filled with regret when Arnoux, her first lover, her good friend, had presented himself that very day. ..."

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