feel+regret
41go to Canossa — feel regret and apologize (as did Emperor Henry IV before the pope at Canossa, Italy in 1077); travel to Canossa …
42repent — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French repentir, from Medieval Latin repoenitēre, from Latin re + Late Latin poenitēre to feel regret, alteration of Latin paenitēre more at penitent Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to turn… …
43repent — I verb apologize, atone for, be conscience striken, be penitent, be sorry for, beg pardon, bemoan, bewail, cry over, deplore, do penance, expiate, feel contrition, feel regret, feel remorse, grieve, have a guilty conscience, have qualms, humble… …
44sorry — [[t]sɒ̱ri[/t]] ♦♦ sorrier, sorriest 1) CONVENTION (formulae) You say Sorry or I m sorry as a way of apologizing to someone for something that you have done which has upset them or caused them difficulties, or when you bump into them accidentally …
45rue — I. /ru / (say rooh) verb (rued, ruing) –verb (t) 1. to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly. 2. to wish (that something might never have been done, taken place, etc.): to rue the day one was born. –verb (i) 3. to feel sorrow; be repentant …
46repent — late 13c., to feel regret for sins or crimes, from O.Fr. repentir (11c.), from re , intensive prefix, + V.L. *penitire to regret, from L. poenitire make sorry, from poena (see PENAL (Cf. penal)). The distinction between REGRET (Cf. regret) (q.v.) …
47Repent — Re*pent , v. t. 1. To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow. [1913 Webster] I do repent it from my very soul. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To feel regret or sorrow; used reflexively. [1913 Webster] My father has repented him ere now. Dryden …
48repent — verb feel or express sincere regret or remorse. ↘feel regret or remorse about. Derivatives repentance noun repentant adjective repenter noun Origin ME: from OFr. repentir, based on L. paenitere cause to repent …
49repent — ► VERB 1) feel or express sincere regret or remorse. 2) feel regret or remorse about. DERIVATIVES repentance noun repentant adjective repenter noun. ORIGIN Old French repentir, from Latin paenitere cause to repent …
50repentance — repent ► VERB 1) feel or express sincere regret or remorse. 2) feel regret or remorse about. DERIVATIVES repentance noun repentant adjective repenter noun. ORIGIN Old French repentir, from Latin paenitere cause to repent …
