as in regrets
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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regrets
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Fast forward to now, Banks regrets the interaction.—
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But Parker has also taken a few creative liberties and made adaptational alterations — including a key conversation that the showrunner now regrets leaving out.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Repents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repents. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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