Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/, /ɹəˈɡɹɛt/, /ɹiˈɡɹɛt/
regret (regrets, present participle regretting; past and past participle regretted)
- 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.
- (more generally) To feel sorry about (any thing).
- I regret that I have to do this, but I don't have a choice.
- (archaic, transitive) To miss; to feel the loss or absence of.
- 1845, The Church of England Magazine (volume 19, page 301)
- He more than ever regretted his home, and with increased desire longed to see his family.
- 1845, The Church of England Magazine (volume 19, page 301)
- French: regretter
- German: bedauern, bereuen, leidtun
- Italian: rimpiangere, rammaricarsi, pentirsi
- Portuguese: arrepender-se, lamentar
- Russian: сожале́ть
- Spanish: lamentar, sentir, arrepentir
- Italian: rammaricarsi
- Russian: сожале́ть
- Spanish: lamentar
regret
- 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.
- 1828, Thomas Macaulay, John Dryden
- 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.
- From its peaceful bosom [the grave] spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
- 1828, Thomas Macaulay, John Dryden
- (obsolete) Dislike; aversion.
- French: regret
- German: Reue
- Italian: rammarico, rimpianto, rimorso, pentimento
- Portuguese: pesar, arrependimento
- Russian: сожале́ние
- Spanish: pesar, arrepentimiento
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