regret
n. இரங்கல், மறைவுற்றோர் பற்றிய துயரம், வருத்தம், இழப்புப்பற்றிய மன உளைவு, ஏக்கம், விரும்பா நிகழ்வுப்றறிய துஸ்ர், கவலை, மீளாத் தவறுபற்றிய விசாரம், (வினை) இழப்பிற்கு இரங்கு, நிகழ்நிலைக்கு வருந்து, சென்றதற்கு ஏங்குறு, சென்றதை எண்ணிக் கவலைப்படு, நிகழ்ச்சி பற்றி மன உளைவுறு.
Synonyms
#verb grieve, lament, repent, miss, desiderate, deplore #noun sorrow, grief, concern, remorse, lamentation, repentance, [seegrief]
Antonyms
#verb welcome, hail, approve, abandon, abjure, forget, disregard #noun
Re*gret" (r*grt"), n Etym: [F., fr. regretter. See Regret, ] 1. 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. "A passionate regret at sin." Dr. H. More. What man does not remember with regret the first time he read Robinson Crusoe Macaulay. Never any prince expressed a more lively regret for the loss of a servant. Clarendon. From its peaceful bosom [the grave] spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections. W. Irving. 2. Dislike; aversion. [Obs.] Dr. H. More. Syn. -- Grief; concern; sorrow; lamentation; repentance; penitence; self- condemnation. -- Regret, Remorse, Compunction, Contrition, Repentance. Regret does not carry with it the energy of remorse, the sting of compunction, the sacredness of contrition, or the practical character of repentance. We even apply the term regret to circumstance over which we have had no control, as the absence of friends or their loss. When connected with ourselves, it relates rather to unwise acts than to wrong or sinful ones. C. J. Smith. Re*gret", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regretted (-td); p. pr. & vb. n. Regretting.] Etym: [F. regretter, OF. regreter; L. pref. re- re- + a word of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. gr to weep, Icel. gr. See Greet to lament.] Defn: 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. Calmly he looked on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear. Pope. In a few hours they [the Israelites] began to regret their slavery, and to murmur against their leader. Macaulay. Recruits who regretted the plow from which they had been violently taken. Macaulay.