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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Regret \Re*gret"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Regretted} (-t[e^]d); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Regretting}.] [F. regretter, OF. regreter; L.
     pref. re- re- + a word of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth.
     gr[=e]tan to weep, Icel. gr[=a]ta. See {Greet} to lament.]
     To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a
     sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account


     of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an
     error; to regret lost opportunities or friends.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Calmly he looked on either life, and here
           Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear. --Pope.
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           In a few hours they [the Israelites] began to regret
           their slavery, and to murmur against their leader.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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           Recruits who regretted the plow from which they had
           been violently taken.                    --Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  regret
       n : sadness associated with some wrong done or some
           disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he
           wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the
           error cost him the game" [syn: {sorrow}, {rue}, {ruefulness}]
       v 1: feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about [syn: {repent},
             {rue}]
       2: feel sad about the loss or absence of
       3: decline formally or politely; "I regret I can't come to the
          party"
       4: be sorry; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission
          to Harvard"
       [also: {regretting}, {regretted}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  regretting
       See {regret}

















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