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regret
Synonyms and Antonyms 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, guilt, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, rue, self-reproach, shameRelated 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 culpaAntonyms impenitence, remorselessness
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