noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act by which something is regretted.

   "And for all I then declined / O the regrettings infinite / When the night-processions flit / Through the mind!"

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of regret form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

apologyattritionbitternesscontritiongriefregret

Example

More examples

"I don't want to spend the rest of my life regretting it."

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