repented

past tense of repent
as in regretted
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about after hearing what a great time you guys had at the party, I am repenting my decision to stay home

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Recent Examples of repented But Mladic himself and his admirers among the Serbs have never repented. — ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026 Purgatory, the middle realm, is a place where sinners who have repented—even right before dying, even if only in their thoughts—are sent to be cleansed before ascending to Paradise. — Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
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regretted
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  • Although Hasselhoff regretted not fighting for her at the time due to his own concerns about job security, he was thrilled when she was brought back.
    — Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2026
  • After opening up about his gender identity and sexuality to another youth at a group home in rural Oregon, Rin quickly regretted it, feeling ostracized from the other youth by his caregivers and misunderstood.
    — Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

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“Repented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repented. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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