Examples: he drank to drown his sorrows he wrote a note expressing his regret to his rue, the error cost him the game
Examples: I regret I can't come to the party
Examples: I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard
regret (English)└── regretten (Middle English (1100-1500)) └── regreter (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
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