Definition of regret Regret

/ɹʌgɹɛˈt/ - [rugret] - re•gret

We found 14 definitions of regret from 6 different sources.

What does regret mean?

Verb regrets, regretting, regretted
regret - express with regret; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard"
		inform give character or essence to; "The principles that inform modern teaching"
		fear be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!"
regret - decline formally or politely; "I regret I can't come to the party"
		regret express with regret; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard"
		refuse, decline show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"
regret - feel sad about the loss or absence of
		miss fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
regret - feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
		repent, rue
		experience, feel go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"

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regret (Noun)
The instance of such an emotion.
regret (Verb)
To feel sorry about a thing that has happened, afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
regret (Verb)
To feel sorry about any thing.

regret (v.)
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.
regret (v.)
Dislike; aversion.
regret (v. t.)
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
rē-gret′, v.t. to grieve at: to remember with sorrow:—pr.p. regret′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. regret′ted.—n. sorrow for anything: concern: remorse: a written expression of regret.—adj. Regret′ful, full of regret.—adv. Regret′fully.—adj. Regret′table.—adv. Regret′tably. [O. Fr. regrater, to desire, prob. from L. re-, again, and an Old Low Ger. form, appearing in A.S. grǽtan, Goth. gretan, to weep, Scot. greet. Others explain as from L. re-, in neg. sense, and gratus, pleasing.]

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regret in sign language