Repentance vs. Regret

Repentancenoun

The condition of being penitent.

Repentancenoun

A feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.

Repentancenoun

The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin.

Repentancenoun

remorse for your past conduct

Repentancenoun

the action of repenting; sincere regret or remorse

Repentance

Repentance is the activity of reviewing one's actions and feeling contrition or regret for past wrongs, which is accompanied by commitment to and actual actions that show and prove a change for the better. In modern times, it is generally seen as involving a commitment to personal change and the resolve to live a more responsible and humane life.

Regretverb

To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.

Regretverb

(more generally) To feel sorry about (any thing).

Regretnoun

Emotional pain 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.

Regretnoun

(obsolete) Dislike; aversion.

Regretnoun

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.

Regretnoun

Dislike; aversion.

Regretverb

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.

Regretnoun

sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment;

Regretverb

feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about

Regretverb

feel sad about the loss or absence of

Regretverb

decline formally or politely;

Regretverb

be sorry;

Regretverb

feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over (something that one has done or failed to do)

Regretverb

used in polite formulas to express apology for or sadness over something undesirable

Regretverb

feel sorrow for the loss or absence of (something pleasant)

Regretnoun

a feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over an occurrence or something that one has done or failed to do

Regretnoun

used in polite formulas to express apology for or sadness at an occurrence or an inability to accept an invitation

Regret

Regret is the emotion of wishing one had made a different decision in the past, because the consequences of the decision were unfavorable. Regret is related to perceived opportunity.