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regret
Part of speech: NounMental sorrow for anything, as for past conduct or neglect.
Part of speech: VerbTo remember with distress; wish that ( something) had not happened; feel sorry for the loss of; as, what we lose, we regret.
Part of speech: Past tenseRegretted.
Part of speech: Past participleRegretting.
Usage examples "regret":- " I fancy you said that once before- and lived to regret it. - "The Keeper of the Door", Ethel M. Dell.
- " I wish," I said with regret, " we might meet and talk more often of many things. - "Hills and the Sea", H. Belloc.
- Why regret when it is too late? - "The Port of Adventure", Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson.