Related / Similar Words:
sorrow, rue, ruefulness, repent Definition: 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";be sorry; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard";decline formally or politely; "I regret I can''t come to the party";feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about;feel sad about the loss or absence of; Hyponyms: attrition, contrition, contriteness, compunction, remorse, self-reproach, fear Derivational Morphology:
repent, rue, grieve, sorrow, ruefulness, repentance, penitence, penance
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