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regret
English
Etymology
From Middle English regretten, from Old French regreter, regrater (“to lament”), from re- (intensive prefix) + *greter, *grater (“to weep”), from Frankish *gr?tan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *gr?tan? (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *??reh?d- (“to sound”); and Frankish *greutan (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *greutan? (“to weep, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?rewd- (“to weep, be sad”), equivalent to re- +? greet. Cognate with Middle High German gr?zan (“to cry”), Old English gr?tan (“to weep, greet”), Old English gr?otan (“to weep, lament”), Old Norse gráta (“to weep, groan”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (gr?tan, “to weep”). More at greet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??????t/, /??????t/, /?i????t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Verb
regret (third-person singular simple present regrets, present participle regretting, simple past and past participle regretted)
- To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
- (more generally) To feel sorry about (any thing).
- (archaic, transitive) To miss; to feel the loss or absence of.
- 1845, The Church of England Magazine (volume 19, page 301)
- He more than ever regretted his home, and with increased desire longed to see his family.
- 1845, The Church of England Magazine (volume 19, page 301)
Usage notes
- "Regret" is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (the -ing form), except in set phrases with tell, say, and inform, where the to infinitive is used. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
- regretter
Translations
Noun
regret (countable and uncountable, plural regrets)
- 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.
- 1828, Thomas Macaulay, John Dryden
- What man does not remember with regret the first time he read Robinson Crusoe?
- From its peaceful bosom [the grave] spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
- 1828, Thomas Macaulay, John Dryden
- (obsolete) Dislike; aversion.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dr. H. More to this entry?)
Derived terms
- regretful
Translations
See also
- remorse
- repentance
Further reading
- regret in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- regret in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Middle French regret, from Old French regret (“lamentation, complaint”), deverbal of regreter (“to lament”), from re- (intensive prefix-) +? greter (to weep), from Frankish *grêtan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *gr?tan? (“to weep”) and Frankish *grêotan (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *greutan? (“to weep, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrew- (“to weep, be sad”). More at regret.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.???/
Noun
regret m (plural regrets)
- regret
- nostalgia
Derived terms
Related terms
- regretter
Further reading
- “regret” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
regret (plural regrets)
- regret, repentance
Related terms
- regrettar
- regrettabile
Romanian
Etymology
From French regret.
Noun
regret n (plural regrete)
- regret
Declension
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unregretfully
English
Etymology
un- +? regretfully.
Adverb
unregretfully (comparative more unregretfully, superlative most unregretfully)
- In an unregretful manner; without regret.
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