regretfulness

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Occasionally, welcome self-incrimination creeps into the schematic monologues, as exemplified by the arrogance of a hedge fund manager, or the regretfulness of a publicist, who has given his life over to feeding egos.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2021

Mostly he's full of a great relief—that's plain to see—but mixed in with it is a faint kind of a lurking regretfulness that she should a-broke loose from him so abrupt this-a-way.

From J. Poindexter, Colored by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

Esther listened silently, with perfect faith in the speaker and his statements, with a little undefined sort of regretfulness.

From A Red Wallflower by Warner, Susan

She gave a little grave glance at him, grave with a background of regretfulness, and placed herself back in her former position; pushing her questions no further.

From Say and Seal, Volume II by Warner, Susan

It was spoken with a grave regretfulness that troubled Nasmyth and yet stirred him to strong appreciation of her character.

From The Long Portage by Bindloss, Harold