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Regret

Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction.

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Attrition 76% connected

The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.

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Compunction 76% connected

A pricking; stimulation.

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Contriteness 76% connected

Deep sorrow and penitence for sin; contrition.

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Contrition 76% connected

The act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing.

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Remorse 76% connected

The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life.

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Self-reproach 76% connected

The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.

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Decline 76% connected

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

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Experience 76% connected

Trial, as a test or experiment.

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Feel 76% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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Inform 76% connected

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

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Miss 76% connected

A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

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Refuse 76% connected

To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.

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Sadness 76% connected

Heaviness; firmness.

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Manner of action 1

Fear 76% connected

A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

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Derivationally related 8

Penance 74% connected

Repentance.

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Penance 74% connected

Repentance.

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Repentant 74% connected

Penitent; sorry for sin.

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Repentant 74% connected

Penitent; sorry for sin.

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Rue 74% connected

A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.

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Rue 74% connected

A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.

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Sorrow 74% connected

The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief a…

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Sorrow 74% connected

The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief a…

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Synonym 3

Repent 92% connected

Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.

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Rue 92% connected

A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sorrow 92% connected

The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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