ALL meanings of regret
re·gret
R r - verb with object regret to feel sorrow or remorse for (an act, fault, disappointment, etc.): He no sooner spoke than he regretted it. 1
- verb with object regret to think of with a sense of loss: to regret one's vanished youth. 1
- noun regret a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc. 1
- noun regret a feeling of sorrow or remorse for a fault, act, loss, disappointment, etc. 1
- noun regret regrets, a polite, usually formal refusal of an invitation: I sent her my regrets. 1
- noun regret a note expressing regret at one's inability to accept an invitation: I have had four acceptances and one regret. 1
- transitive verb regret be sorry for/that 1
- transitive verb regret wish you had not done 1
- transitive verb regret with clause: be sorry 1
- noun regret sth regretted 1
- noun,plural regret polite refusal 1
- transitive verb regret grieve 1
- verb regret If you regret something that you have done, you wish that you had not done it. 0
- variable noun regret 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. 0
- verb regret You can say that you regret something as a polite way of saying that you are sorry about it. You use expressions such as I regret to say or I regret to inform you to show that you are sorry about something. 0
- uncountable noun regret If someone expresses regret about something, they say that they are sorry about it. 0
- verb regret to feel sorry, repentant, or upset about 0
- verb regret to bemoan or grieve the death or loss of 0
- noun regret a sense of repentance, guilt, or sorrow, as over some wrong done or an unfulfilled ambition 0
- noun regret a sense of loss or grief 0
- noun regret a polite expression of sadness, esp in a formal refusal of an invitation 0
- verb transitive regret to feel sorry about or mourn for (a person or thing gone, lost, etc.) 0
- verb transitive regret to feel troubled or remorseful over (something that has happened, one's own acts, etc.) 0
- noun regret a troubled feeling or remorse over something that has happened, esp. over something that one has done or left undone 0
- noun regret sorrow over a person or thing gone, lost, etc. 0