Sekirov Dictionary

regret

/ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/

verb 3
noun 4
forms 5

verb3

•
to feel sorry about something in the past and wish that it had been different
- He regretted his words.
- I don't regret enrolling in law, but I regret not studying some Chinese.
•
To feel sorry about (any thing).
- I regret that I have to do this, but I don't have a choice.
- They said they regretted to inform us that the train would be late.
•
(no longer used) To miss; to feel the loss or absence of; to mourn.
- He more than ever regretted his home, and with increased desire longed to see his family. — 1845

noun4

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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.
- What man does not remember with regret the first time he read Robinson Crusoe? — 1828
One who was invited to an event who was unable to attend, but notified the organizer of this beforehand; a nonattendee.
•
The amount of avoidable loss that results from choosing the wrong action.
- Under squared errorloss we show that there exists unique minimax regret solution for the problem of selecting the threshold. — 2002
•
(no longer used) Dislike; aversion.
- Is it a vertue to have some ineffective regrets to damnation, and such a Vertue too, as shall serve to ballance all our vices? — 1667

forms

regretted · regretting · regrets · regretteth · regrettest

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