verb / noun
regret
To feel sorry about something, or that feeling.
I regret my decision to sell my grandmother's old piano.
Etymology
The French verb means to lament or feel sorrow. English preserves that response to a loss, action, or circumstance one wishes were otherwise.
More examples
- She regrets not spending more time with her brother.
- He turned down the offer without a moment of regret.
- They regretted leaving the concert before the final song.
Forms
regret · regrets · regretted · regretting
regretful adjective — Feeling sorry about something that happened.
regretfully adverb — With sadness about something done or lost.