Regret
noun
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- ការស្តាយវិប្បដិសារី
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- (COUNTABLE, UNCOUNTABLE) (a troubled feeling or remorse, sorrow, disappoint; -regrets courteous reply declining an invitation, usually formal refusal of an invitation) ការស្ដាយ, ការស្ដាយក្រោយ a sense of regret សេចក្ដីស្ដាយក្រោយ, (send my) regrets ការសម្ដែងសេចក្ដីស្ដាយ អញ្ជើញ
Example: My regret at having to leave before the end of the summer was heartfelt.
verb — past tense: regretted ; past participle: regretted ; present participle: regretting ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (to feel remorseful over) ស្ដាយ, ស្ដាយក្រោយ
Example: Feel regret for, With regret, regret my mistakes, regret (that) I am unable to accept your invitation.
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: regretted ; past participle: regretted ; present participle: regretting ;
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- 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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- (TRANSITIVE) To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an error; to regret lost opportunities or friends.
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- compunction, contrition, grief, penitence, qualm, remorse, repentance, self-reproach, sorrow
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- compunction, contrition, grief, penitence, qualm, remorse, repentance, self-reproach, sorrow
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- complacency, obduracy, self+satisfaction
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- complacency, obduracy, self-satisfaction
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- Dislike, aversion