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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask forgiveness |
| Synonyms: | apologize, atone, be ashamed, be contrite, be sorry, bewail, deplore, feel remorse, have qualms, lament, reform, regret, relent, reproach oneself, rue, see error of ways, show penitence, sorrow |
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| Main Entry: | deplore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regret; condemn |
| Synonyms: | abhor, be against, bemoan, bewail, carry on, censure, complain, cry, denounce, deprecate, disapprove of, eat one's heart out, grieve for, hate, hurt, lament, moan, mourn, object to, repent, rue, sing the blues, sorrow over, take on, weep |
| Antonyms: | approve, be happy, delight, praise, rejoice, revel |
| Main Entry: | regret |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be upset about |
| Synonyms: | apologize, be disturbed, be sorry for, bemoan, bewail, cry over, cry over spilled milk, deplore, deprecate, disapprove, feel remorse, feel sorry, feel uneasy, grieve, have compunctions, have qualms, kick oneself, lament, look back, miss, moan, mourn, repent, repine, rue, weep, weep over |
| Notes: | regret carries no explicit admission that one is responsible for an incident, while remorse implies a sense of guilty responsibility and a greater feeling of personal pain and anguish |
| Antonyms: | be content, be satisfied |
| Main Entry: | shrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confess |
| Synonyms: | absolve, acquit, atone, forgive, free, pardon, purge, repent |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | regret |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
contrite, homesick, lamentable, languorous, much to be regretted, oikotropic, regretful, regrettable, regretted, regretting
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| Concept: | Regret. |
| Category: | 1. Passive Affections |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
regret, repining; homesickness, nostalgia; maldu pays, maladie; lamentation; penitence., bitterness, heartburning., laudator temporis acti (discontent).
-verbs
regret, deplore; bewail (lament); repine, cast a longing lingering look behind; rue, rue the day; repent; infandum renovare dolorem., prey on the mind, weigh on the mind, have a weight on the mind; leave an aching void.
-adjectives
regretting; regretful; homesick., regretted; much to be regretted, regrettable; lamentable (bad).
-phrases
'tis pity, 'tis too true; "sig'd and look'd and sigh'd again" [Dryden].
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