verb
feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over (something that has happened or been done, especially a loss or missed opportunity)
Similar:
be sorry about, feel contrite about, feel apologetic about, feel remorse about/for, be remorseful about, rue, repent (of), feel repentant about, be regretful at/about, have a conscience about, blame oneself for, mourn, grieve for/over, feel grief at, weep over, sigh over, fret about, pine over, feel sad about, lament, feel sorrow at, sorrow for, be upset/disappointed about
Opposite: applaud, welcome
noun
a feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over something that has happened or been done.
Similar:
remorse, sorrow, contrition, contriteness, repentance, penitence, pangs of conscience, guilt, compunction, remorsefulness, ruefulness,
shame, self-reproach, self-accusation, self-condemnation, being sorry, sadness, disappointment, dismay, unhappiness, dejection, lamentation,
grief, mourning, mournfulness
Opposite: satisfaction, happiness, gladness
1 Samuel 15:11:
“Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.”
