regretting
verb
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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.
Example: He regretted his words.
(more generally) To feel sorry about (any thing).
Example: I regret that I have to do this, but I don't have a choice.
To miss; to feel the loss or absence of.
noun
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The act by which something is regretted.