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| affect1 |
to cause to feel sad or sorry; move; touch. [1/2 definitions] |
| afraid |
feeling sorry or unhappy about something. [1/2 definitions] |
| apologize |
to say that you are sorry. |
| apology |
a statement that you are sorry for something that you did. |
| bad |
sorry; guilty. [1/10 definitions] |
| guilt |
a feeling of being sorry or responsible for having done something wrong. [1/2 definitions] |
| impenitent |
not sorry or apologetic for one's misdeeds; unrepentant. |
| Lent |
the forty weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter, observed by Christians as a time to fast, pray, and be sorry for having done wrong. |
| mourn |
to feel very sad or be sorry for. [1/2 definitions] |
| or else |
or you will be sorry. |
| regret |
to feel sorry or guilty for. [1/3 definitions] |
| repent1 |
to be sorry or feel remorse for sins or transgressions; be penitent. [1/3 definitions] |
| rue1 |
to regret, repent of, or feel sorry about. [1/3 definitions] |
| unfortunate |
causing regret; sorry. [1/3 definitions] |
| woeful |
in sorry condition or of sorry quality. [1/3 definitions] |
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