Meaning Of The Word Regret

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regret
variable noun: Regret is a feeling of sadness or disappointment, which is caused by something that has happened or something that you have done or not done.
verb: If you regret something that you have done, you wish that you had not done it.

regret in American English
a troubled feeling or remorse over something that has happened, esp. over something that one has done or left undone
to feel sorry about or mourn for (a person or thing gone, lost, etc.)
noun: a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
transitive verb: to feel sorrow or remorse for (an act, fault, disappointment, etc.)

regret in British English
noun: a sense of repentance, guilt, or sorrow, as over some wrong done or an unfulfilled ambition
verb: to feel sorry, repentant, or upset about

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