noun

definition

Emotional pain 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.

definition

Dislike; aversion.

verb

definition

To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.

example

He regretted his words.

definition

(more generally) To feel sorry about (any thing).

example

I regret that I have to do this, but I don't have a choice.

definition

To miss; to feel the loss or absence of.

Examples of regrets in a Sentence

My only regrets are my mistakes.

Did she have any regrets?

Do you have any regrets, Wynn?

Did he have any regrets?

The University regrets to announce the death of Norman William Grimes on 27th July 2001.

Have you any regrets about retiring from international football?

In the exercise of these functions Joachim quarrelled with Eustache du Bellay, bishop of Paris, who prejudiced his relations with the cardinal, less cordial since the publication of the outspoken Regrets.

We don't have regrets but do wish that we are not as financially clobbered.

It regrets this omission and offers a belated unqualified apology to her for the action it took.

Yet there is genuine pathos in the regrets and resentments of the two sisters.

Just to avoid regrets on buying a used titlist golf club.

Audrina stands by her photos stating that she "has no regrets."

Consider a regrets only RSVP to reduce the number of phone calls you will have to take and keep track of.

If you lose your virginity to him and the relationship ends, would you have any regrets about having had sex?

If your boyfriend is flirting with other women, whether he intends to follow through or not, he is engaging in risky behaviors that may lead him to do something he later regrets.

Over a decade later, though, Dern has no regrets about being one of the first lesbians kissing on TV.

Consider making the RSVP for regrets and acceptances so you can tell if someone may not have received the invitation and follow up with a phone call.

In retrospect, Sally Field probably regrets giving stand-up comics a line they could have fun with for years to come.

This is a great way to avoid permanent regrets later.

Make sure you provide yourself ample time to discover a design theme and coloring process that will enhance your meaningful piece without later regrets.

It's supposed to say, "Live without regrets" in Italian.

No, I don't have any regrets about making them parents.

He's quick to apologize but his regrets sometimes lack sincerity.

After all these years, he still held regrets.

In the preface to the first volume he regrets that except for Alfred's translations Englishmen had no means of learning the true doctrine as expounded by the Latin fathers.

The first great impetus of change in the configuration of London was given by the great fire, and Evelyn records and regrets that the town in his time had grown almost as large again as it was within his own memory.

But this office, created at the least prematurely, soon disappeared without causing any regrets.

Life is too short to suffer the repetition of an old man's longings or regrets.

Irish Government Regrets Bombing of Iraq The government of Ireland has joined the international opposition to the Anglo-US aggression against Iraq.

John sends his respects to all members and regrets that he is unable to maintain a closer contact because of his problems.

His character as a munificent patron of literature - which has made his name a household word - is gratefully acknowledged by the recipients of it and attested by the regrets of the men of letters of a later age, expressed by Martial and Juvenal.

This is described as a long drawn-out dream of bitter memories - a vivid consciousness of failure without volition, or the power of initiative - a dream of lost opportunities and futile regrets, of ambitions thwarted and hopes denied, of neglected duties, abused powers and impotent hate; a dream ending ultimately in the oblivion of utter annihilation.

Many were our regrets that we had no dynamite handy for a grander display than our puny personal efforts would command.

Will regrets that he didn't get the number of the sassy, funny girl he met on the Subway.

You may face many regrets if you choose an attorney that's not right for you simply because he helped someone you know.

Whether you sent your acceptance to attend the wedding or your regrets not to attend the wedding, you are never obligated to send a wedding gift.

Now that the dust seems to have settled a bit, Walters commented that she has no regrets about hiring Rosie O'Donnell, saying "She has brought a new vitality to this show and the ratings prove it."

Her first major role was in 1982's Paradise, where she bared all for the cameras, a decision she reportedly regrets today.

The reason for this is because there may be unresolved issues or regrets you will never be able to change with an estranged parent.

If you have bang regrets, keep plenty of hair accessories on hand to help vary your look.

Many people enjoy no longer having to worry about birth control, but permanent sterilization sometimes can lead to regrets.

Just ask any fashionista who was around at the height of the 70s fashion era, and you're guaranteed to hear her regrets on parting with the following faithful beloveds.

You have no regrets? she asked, unconvinced.

In the preface to the last part of his Ethics (1893) Spencer regrets that "the Doctrine of Evolution has not furnished guidance to the extent he had hoped," but his contributions to ethics are not unlikely to be the most permanently valuable part of his philosophy.

He decided, therefore, to go, though with regrets; which returned upon him sometimes in after years, when the English hopes had not borne fruit.

In the next year he published the poems he had brought back with him from Rome, the Latin Poemata, the Antiquités de Rome, the Jeux rustiques, and the 191 sonnets of the Regrets, the greater number of which were written in Italy.

In the very characteristic preface to the new edition of 1871 he proposes never to reprint his earlier works on art; disclaims many of the views they contained, and much in their literary form; and specially regrets the narrow Protestantism by which they were pervaded.

Yet between 1531 and 1547 he manifested the same regrets and the same invincible ambition for that land of Italy which Charles V., on his side, regarded as the basis of his strength.

As it is, not only has she left us, and particularly Prince Andrew, with the purest regrets and memories, but probably she will there receive a place I dare not hope for myself.

Take me, take me! prayed Natasha, with impatient emotion in her heart, not crossing herself but letting her slender arms hang down as if expecting some invisible power at any moment to take her and deliver her from herself, from her regrets, desires, remorse, hopes, and sins.

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