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Definition of Regret

Regret

  1. Pain of mind 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; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction.
  2. Dislike; aversion.
  3. To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an error; to regret lost opportunities or friends.

Regret Quotations

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
Lucille Ball

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
Ambrose Bierce

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
C. S. Lewis

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Jim Rohn

Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
Aaron Burr
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Regret Translations

regret in Afrikaans is jammer wees
regret in Danish is beklage
regret in Dutch is betreuren, bejammeren
regret in Finnish is valittaa
regret in Italian is pentirsi, compianto, lamentare
regret in Portuguese is pesar
regret in Spanish is lamentar, arrepentirse, endechar

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