regret

verb1 of 2

to be sorry about something

• “We regret that we are unable to grant your request.”Tatoeba
• “I regret that I did not do the right thing.”Tatoeba

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noun2 of 2

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.