Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment:
— He wrote a note expressing his regret.

synonyms: rue, ruefulness, sorrow.

Roget 950: penitence, contrition, compunction, repentance, remorse; regret etc. 833.    self-reproach, self-reproof, self-accusation, self-condemnation, self-humiliation; stings of conscience, pangs of conscience, qualms of conscience, prickings of conscience^†, twinge of conscience, twitch of conscience, touch of conscience, voice of conscience; compunctious visitings of nature^†.    acknowledgment, confession etc. (disclosure) 529; apology etc. 952; recantation etc. 607; penance etc. 952; resipiscence^†.    awakened conscience, deathbed repentance, locus paenitentiae [Lat.], stool of repentance, cuttystool^†.    penitent, repentant, Magdalen, prodigal son, a sadder and a wiser man" [Coleridge]. ... show more

Roget 833: regret, repining; homesickness, nostalgia; mal du pays, maladie [Fr.]; lamentation etc. 839; penitence etc. 950.    bitterness, heartburning^†.    recrimination (accusation) 938.    laudator temporis acti [Lat.] etc. (discontent) 832.    ... show more

Roget 832: discontent, discontentment; dissatisfaction; dissent etc. 489.    disappointment, mortification; cold comfort; regret etc. 833; repining, taking on etc. v.; heart-burning, heart-grief; querulousness etc. (lamentation) 839; hypercriticism.    inquietude, vexation of spirit, soreness; worry, concern, fear etc. 860.    [person who is discontented] malcontent, grumbler, growler, croaker, dissident, dissenter, laudator temporis acti [Lat.]; censurer, complainer, fault-finder, murmerer^†.    cave of Adullam^†, indignation meeting, winter of our discontent" [Henry VI]; with what I most enjoy contented least" [Shakespeare]. ... show more

Dutch: berouwen, verdrieten, spijten, betreuren, wroeging, berouw, boetvaardigheid, inkeer, spijt

Feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about.

synonyms: repent, rue.

Roget 833: regret, deplore; bewail etc. (lament) 839; repine, cast a longing lingering look behind; rue, rue the day; repent etc. 950; infandum renovare dolorem [Lat.].    prey on the mind, weigh on the mind, have a weight on the mind; leave an aching void.    ... show more

Roget 832: be discontented etc. adj.; quarrel with one's bread and butter; repine; regret etc. 833; wish one at the bottom of the Red Sea; take on, take to heart; shrug the shoulders; make a wry face, pull a long face; knit one's brows; look blue, look black, look black as thunder, look blank, look glum.    take in bad part, take ill; fret, chafe, make a piece of work [Fr.]; grumble, croak; lament etc. 839.    cause discontent etc. n.; dissatisfy, disappoint, mortify, put out, disconcert; cut up; dishearten.    ... show more

Roget 950: repent, be sorry for; be penitent etc. adj.; rue; regret etc. 833; think better of; recant etc. 607; knock under etc. (submit) 725; plead guilty; sing miserere [Lat.], sing de profundis [Lat.]; cry peccavi; own oneself in the wrong; acknowledge, confess &c., (disclose) 529; humble oneself; beg pardon etc. (apologize) 952; turn over a new leaf, put on the new man, turn from sin; reclaim; repent in sackcloth and ashes &c., (do penance) 952; learn by experience.    ... show more

Dutch: berouw hebben, spijten, betreuren, bewenen, treuren

Feel sad about the loss or absence of.

Decline formally or politely.

Express with regret.