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Associations of "Regretfully" (30 Words)
| announce | Announce publicly or officially. The President s office announced that the siege would be lifted. |
| apologetic | Offering or expressing apology. She was very apologetic about the whole incident. |
| apologize | Acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing. He apologized for the many typoes. |
| confess | Of a priest listen to the confession of. 150 people confessed faith in Christ. |
| confession | The religious body or Church sharing a confession of faith. He signed a confession to both the murders. |
| contrite | Feeling or expressing remorse at the recognition that one has done wrong. A contrite tone. |
| contrition | (in the Roman Catholic Church) the repentance of past sins during or after confession. To show contrition for his crime he offered to do community service. |
| deplorable | Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure. My finances were in a deplorable state. |
| forgive | Stop blaming or grant forgiveness. I was willing to forgive all her faults for the sake of our friendship. |
| pardon | Grant a pardon to. Ford pardoned Nixon. |
| penance | Impose a penance on. He had done public penance for those hasty words. |
| penitence | Remorse for your past conduct. A public display of penitence. |
| penitent | A person who repents their sins and (in the Christian Church) seeks forgiveness from God. A penitent expression. |
| penitential | Relating to or expressing penitence or penance. Wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words. |
| pity | An unfortunate development. It s a pity you didn t contact us first. |
| profess | Teach a subject as a professor. Though knowing little of the arts I professed he proved a natural adept. |
| regret | Express with regret. Any inconvenience to readers is regretted. |
| regretful | Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone. Regretful over mistakes she had made. |
| regrettable | (of conduct or an event) giving rise to regret; undesirable; unwelcome. It s regrettable that she didn t go to college. |
| remorse | A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed. They were filled with remorse and shame. |
| remorseful | Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses. The defendant was remorseful for what he had done. |
| repent | View or think of (an action or omission) with deep regret or remorse. Marian came to repent her hasty judgement. |
| repentance | The action of repenting; sincere regret or remorse. Each person who turns to God in genuine repentance and faith will be saved. |
| repentant | Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds. He is truly repentant for his incredible naivety and stupidity. |
| rue | Bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen) and wish it undone. With rue my heart is laden. |
| rueful | Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses. She gave a rueful grin. |
| sceptic | A person who doubts the truth of Christianity and other religions; an atheist. |
| sinner | A person who sins (without repenting. God forgives repentant sinners. |
| sorrow | An event or circumstance that causes sorrow. A bereaved person needs time to work through their sorrow. |
| sorry | Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone. Sorry I was trying not to make a noise. |
