regret.

Definition of regret. in English English dictionary: fear
I fear I have bad news for you: your husband has died.; forthink; The instance of such an emotion; To feel sorry about (a thing that has happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead
He regretted his words.; To feel sorry about (any thing)
I regret that I have to do this, but I don't have a choice.; To feel sorry about some past thing, wishing it had not happened, but something else instead; decline formally or politely; "I regret I can't come to the party"; {n} grief, sorrow, vexation, dislike; Regret is a feeling of sadness or disappointment, which is caused by something that has happened or something that you have done or not done. Lillee said he had no regrets about retiring; If someone expresses regret about something, they say that they are sorry about it. He expressed great regret and said that surgeons would attempt to reverse the operation She has accepted his resignation with regret; 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"; Pain of mind 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; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction; {i} sorrow, remorse, anguish; feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about; feel sad about the loss or absence of; {f} feel sorrow, feel remorseful, rue; Dislike; aversion; If you regret something that you have done, you wish that you had not done it. I simply gave in to him, and I've regretted it ever since Ellis seemed to be regretting that he had asked the question Five years later she regrets having given up her home; be sorry; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard"; be sorry; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard" decline formally or politely; "I regret I can't come to the party" feel sad about the loss or absence of; politeness You can say that you regret something as a polite way of saying that you are sorry about it. You use expressions such as I regret to say or I regret to inform you to show that you are sorry about something. `I very much regret the injuries he sustained,' he said I regret that the United States has added its voice to such protests Her lack of co-operation is nothing new, I regret to say; 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