Définition "regret" dans le dictionnaire Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus

regret vb , -grets, -gretting, -gretted

1 to feel sorry, repentant, or upset about

2 to bemoan or grieve the death or loss of n

3 a sense of repentance, guilt, or sorrow, as over some wrong done or an unfulfilled ambition

4 a sense of loss or grief

5 a polite expression of sadness, esp. in a formal refusal of an invitation
(C14: from Old French regrete, of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse grata to weep)
♦ regretful  adj
♦ regretfully  adv
♦ regretfulness  n
♦ regrettable  adj
♦ regrettably  adv
♦ regretter  n
Regretful and regretfully are sometimes wrongly used where regrettable and regrettably are meant: he gave a regretful smile; he smiled regretfully; this is a regrettable (not regretful) mistake; regrettably (not regretfully), I shall be unable to attend