regrets

Variant of regret

regret definition

re·gret (ri gret′)

transitive verb regretted -·gret′·ted, regretting -·gret′·ting

  1. to feel sorry about or mourn for (a person or thing gone, lost, etc.)
  2. to feel troubled or remorseful over (something that has happened, one's own acts, etc.)

Etymology: ME regretten < OFr regreter, to bewail the dead < re- + Gmc base as in OE gretan, ON grata, Goth gretan, to weep

noun

  1. a troubled feeling or remorse over something that has happened, esp. over something that one has done or left undone
  2. sorrow over a person or thing gone, lost, etc.

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regret Idioms

(one's) regrets

a polite expression of regret, as at declining an invitation

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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