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Regret
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- 1 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. countable, uncountable
"What man does not remember with regret the first time he read Robinson Crusoe?"
- 2 sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment wordnet
- 3 Dislike; aversion. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Is it a vertue to have some ineffective regrets to damnation, and such a Vertue too, as shall serve to ballance all our vices?"
- 4 The amount of avoidable loss that results from choosing the wrong action. countable, uncountable
"Under squared errorloss we show that there exists unique minimax regret solution for the problem of selecting the threshold."
- 5 A person invited to an event who was unable to attend, but notified the organizer of this beforehand; a nonattendee. countable, uncountable
- 1 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."
- 2 express with regret wordnet
- 3 To feel sorry about (any thing). broadly
"I regret that I have to do this, but I don't have a choice."
- 4 decline formally or politely wordnet
- 5 To miss; to feel the loss or absence of; to mourn. archaic, transitive
"He more than ever regretted his home, and with increased desire longed to see his family."
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- 6 feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about wordnet
- 7 feel sad about the loss or absence of wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English regretten, regreten, from Old French regreter, regrater (“to lament”), from re- (intensive prefix) + *greter, *grater (“to weep”), from Frankish *grātan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *grētaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d- (“to sound”); and Frankish *greutan (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *greutaną (“to weep, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd- (“to weep, be sad”), equivalent to re- + greet. Cognate with Old High German grāzan (“to cry”), Old English grǣtan (“to weep, greet”), Old English grēotan (“to weep, lament”), Old Norse gráta (“to weep, groan”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (grētan, “to weep”). More at greet.
From Middle English regretten, regreten, from Old French regreter, regrater (“to lament”), from re- (intensive prefix) + *greter, *grater (“to weep”), from Frankish *grātan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *grētaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d- (“to sound”); and Frankish *greutan (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *greutaną (“to weep, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd- (“to weep, be sad”), equivalent to re- + greet. Cognate with Old High German grāzan (“to cry”), Old English grǣtan (“to weep, greet”), Old English grēotan (“to weep, lament”), Old Norse gráta (“to weep, groan”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (grētan, “to weep”). More at greet.
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