regret
verb (used with object)
to feel sorrow or remorse for (an act, fault, disappointment, etc.).
Example Sentences
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Occasionally, welcome self-incrimination creeps into the schematic monologues, as exemplified by the arrogance of a hedge fund manager, or the regretfulness of a publicist, who has given his life over to feeding egos.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2021
But she pleaded for one more dance, and then one more, and finally with much seeming regretfulness allowed her uncle to slip on her cloak for her.
From Six Feet Four by Jackson Gregory
And to this was added an indefinable fear, now when the irrevocable separation confronted her; the thought that she was to leave her home was tinged with a vague sense of regretfulness, of impalpable foreboding.
From Shallow Soil by Carl Christian Hyllested
"Learning all the world!" said her mother smiling, though there was a little touch of regretfulness not quite kept down.
From Say and Seal, Volume I by Susan Warner
Former days started up before her in a rapid vision, each bringing with it regretfulness for unkind words, deferred caresses, rough treatment even.
From His Masterpiece by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
