regrets

Noun

Meaning

a polite refusal of an invitation

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

penitence refusal guilt regret apology repentance repent declination remorse mourn deplore contrition nonacceptance ruefulness apologies
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Hypernyms

refusal acknowledgment acknowledgement

Phrases with the word

one's regrets send regrets send one's regrets eesc regrets had no regrets

Examples

A person is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. John Barrymore

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. Arthur Miller

I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say. Ingrid Bergman

A gypsy only tells the truth once in his life but he regrets it afterwards. Gypsy Proverb

A thousand regrets do not pay one debt. Turkish Proverb

He who hesitates, regrets. Albanian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

regretfulness regretless regretlessness regrets only regrettable regrettableness