regret

To feel sorry, disappointed, distressed, or remorseful about.

To remember with a feeling of loss or sorrow; mourn.

To feel regret.

A feeling of sorrow, disappointment, distress, or remorse about something that one wishes could be different.

A sense of loss and longing for someone or something gone or passed out of existence.

A courteous expression of regret, especially at having to decline an invitation.

To look back at with sorrow; feel grief or sorrowful longing for on looking back.

To grieve at; be mentally distressed on account of: as, to regret one’s rashness; to regret a choice made.

Synonyms To rue, lament. See repentance.

Grief or trouble caused by the want or loss of something formerly possessed; a painful sense of loss; desire for what is gone; sorrowful longing.