REGRET', noun 1. Grief; sorrow; pain of mind. We feel regret at the loss of friends, regret for our own misfortunes, or for the misfortunes of others. Never any prince expressed a more lively regret for the loss of a servant. Her piety itself would blame, if her regrets should waken thine. 2. Pain of conscience; remorse; as a passionate regret at sin. 3. Dislike; aversion. [Not proper nor in use.] REGRET', verb transitive 1. To grieve at; to lament; to be sorry for; to repent. Calmly he look'd on either life, and here saw nothing to regret or there to fear. 2. To be uneasy at. [Not proper nor in use.]
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