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      regretted
      noun
      sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
      verb
      express with regret
      decline formally or politely
      feel sad about the loss or absence of
      feel remorse for
      Roots
      rere- · Latin · again, intensivegratergret- · Old French · to weep, lamented-ted · Old English · past tense
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