regret

regret

noun

Definition of REGRET

a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing <she was consumed with regret for belittling him in public and felt much better once she had apologized>

Synonyms contriteness, contrition, penitence, regret, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, rue, self-reproach, shame

Related Words compunction, misgiving, prick, qualm, scruple; blame, culpability, fault; liability, rap, responsibility; chagrin, embarrassment; anguish, distress, grief, ruth, sadness, sorrow; bloodguilt, bloodguiltiness; apology, excuses, hand-wringing, mea culpa

Antonyms impenitence, remorselessness