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regrets
noun as in excuse
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in refusal
Strong matches
noun as in turndown
Strong matches
- abnegation
- ban
- choice
- declension
- declination
- defiance
- denial
- disapproval
- disavowal
- disclaimer
- disfavor
- dissent
- enjoinment
- exclusion
- forbidding
- interdiction
- negation
- nix
- no
- nonacceptance
- noncompliance
- option
- pass
- prohibition
- proscription
- rebuff
- refutation
- rejection
- renouncement
- renunciation
- repudiation
- repulse
- repulsion
- reversal
- veto
- withholding
- writ
Example Sentences
The misidentification has since been corrected, and The Daily Beast regrets the error.
Aside from the emotional stress the court case inflicted on her family, she has no regrets.
When asked if he ever regrets leaving India, Singh quickly responds in the negative.
Edith Piaf mournfully lists her mistakes, allowing Front a rare punch-line: “So… you do have some regrets.”
Another person regrets not saying hi to Harry at the Gramercy Hotel.
It's an idle question, I know; wise men and musty philosophers say that regrets are foolish.
From mere regrets he was passing now, through dismay, into utter repentance of his promise.
Charles XIV., a man of regrets, spent the remainder of his life buried in the memories of the past.
It was a large gathering, a happy occasion, though tinged inevitably with regrets.
As for Blaise and Babette, the song says they suffer fond regrets that go on forever.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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