REGRET
Remorse Compunction
It is too late to lock the stable-door when the steeds are stolen
It was a sorry business
It needs a lot of explaining
Decidedly unfortunate
It is a matter of regret to me that——
A distinct disappointment
That is a great pity
A thousand pities
I am quite provoked at my own stupidity
Not a pleasant experience
Most vexatious blunders
I am awfully sorry to miss the fun
It is pathetic
Is it not truly deplorable that——
Unfortunate in effect
It was the most humiliating experience possible
More deeply still should I deplore it if——
The remembrance of them is grievous unto us
I was profoundly mortified at——
No one regrets more than I do the——
It was a matter of no small regret that——
It has not been very good fortune to——
Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
King Henry VIII., III., 2
Poignant regret
Frankly regretted
I feel like calling myself a simpleton for——
Unmistakable signs of a change of heart
He has made a clean breast of it