regret

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/ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/

noun 4verb 3

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

big, bitter, deep, genuine, great, profound, real, sincere

He felt genuine regret after speaking harshly to his elderly mother.

QUANT

pang, stab, tinge, twinge

VERB + REGRET

feel, have

She felt deep regret when she realized she had hurt her friend's feelings.

express, show

PREP

to your ~

Much to their regret, they didn't save any money for the holiday.

with ~

I have to say with regret that I won't be able to attend your wedding next month.

without ~

He left his hometown without regret, eager to start a new life in the city.

~ about/over

He felt deep regret over the harsh words he had spoken to his friend.

~ at

She expressed deep regret at missing her daughter's graduation ceremony.

~ for

I have some regret for not studying harder before the exam.

PHRASES

expression of regret

She gave no expression of regret even after she broke her friend's favorite vase.

a matter for/of regret

It's a matter of regret that we didn't spend more time with our grandmother before she passed away.

(verb.)

ADV

bitterly, deeply, greatly, really, very much

I really regret not learning to play an instrument when I was younger.

rather

immediately, instantly

She instantly regretted posting that angry message on social media.

later

She deeply regretted not studying harder for the exam when she saw her results later that week.

never

VERB + REGRET

begin to

come to, live to

He came to regret selling his grandfather's watch years later.

Definitions

verb

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.

Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.

To feel sorry about (any thing).

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

They said they regretted to inform us that the train would be late.

To miss; to feel the loss or absence of; to mourn.

He more than ever regretted his home, and with increased desire longed to see his family.

This [the Cage] was but one of Cluny’s hiding-places; he had caves, besides, and underground chambers in several parts of his country; and following the reports of his scouts, he moved from one to another as the soldiers drew near or moved away. By this manner of living, and thanks to the affection of his clan, he had not only stayed all this time in safety, while so many others had fled or been taken and slain: but stayed four or five years longer, and only went to France at last by the express command of his master. There he soon died; and it is strange to reflect that he may have regretted his Cage upon Ben Alder.

noun

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.

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.

Dislike; aversion.

Is it a vertue to have some ineffective regrets to damnation, and such a Vertue too, as shall serve to ballance all our vices?

The amount of avoidable loss that results from choosing the wrong action.

Under squared errorloss we show that there exists unique minimax regret solution for the problem of selecting the threshold.

Each loss then represents this unavoidable loss plus a regret (loss due to ignorance of Ө). Subtracting these unavoidable losses, we obtain the regret table, Table 1.7, and the average regret table, Table 1.8.

A person invited to an event who was unable to attend, but notified the organizer of this beforehand; a nonattendee.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointme

sorrow
rue
ruefulness

verb — feel remorse for

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

He regretted his words.

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Dear humanity, we regret bein' alien bastards, we regret comin' to Earth, and we most definitely regret the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!

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What man does not remember with regret the first time he read Robinson Crusoe?

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Never any prince expressed a more lively regret for the loss of a servant.

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From its peaceful bosom [the grave] spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, regret is marked as archaic, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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