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regretnoun a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoingshe was consumed with regret for belittling him in public and felt much better once she had apologized contriteness, contrition, guilt, penitence, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, rue, self-reproach, shame compunction, misgiving, prick, qualm, scrupleblame, culpability, faultliability, rap, responsibilitychagrin, embarrassmentanguish, distress, grief, ruth, sadness, sorrowbloodguilt, bloodguiltinessapology, excuses, hand-wringing, mea culpa impenitence, remorselessness regretverbto feel sorry or dissatisfied aboutwe regret any inconvenience that we may have caused you bemoan, deplore, lament, repent, rue ache (for), bewail, grieve (for), mourn, sorrow (for) delight (in), enjoy, relish, revel (in), savor(also savour) n.sorrow, grief, anguish, woe, regret mean distress of mind.sorrow implies a sense of loss or a sense of guilt and remorse.a family united in sorrow upon the patriarch's death grief implies poignant sorrow for an immediate cause.the inexpressible grief of the bereaved parents anguish suggests torturing grief or dread.the anguish felt by the parents of the kidnapped child woe is deep or inconsolable grief or misery.cries of woe echoed throughout the bombed city regret implies pain caused by deep disappointment, fruitless longing, or unavailing remorse.nagging regret for missed opportunities in the 14th century |