36
regret(verb, feeling, feel, complain, ask)
19
rue(verb, criticize, censure, condemn, feel)
15
lament(verb, feeling, criticize, censure, condemn)
12
bewail(verb, feeling, criticize, censure, condemn)
11
mourn(verb, feeling, criticize, censure, condemn)
10
apologize(verb, ask, grieve, lament, deplore)
9
atone(verb, ask, recompense, deplore, confess)
9
deplore(verb, criticize, censure, condemn, feel)
8
bemoan(verb, feeling, criticize, censure, condemn)
7
grieve(verb, feeling, complain, lament, deplore)
7
be sorry(verb, expression, idiom, ask, grieve)
7
feel remorse(verb, expression, idiom, ask, grieve)
6
confess(verb, recompense, atone, apologize, penitence)
6
reform(verb, ask)
6
sorrow(verb, feeling, ask)
6
weep(verb, feeling, criticize, censure, condemn)
5
feel sorry(verb, expression, idiom, grieve, lament)
4
be contrite(verb, expression, idiom, ask)
4
be sorry for(verb, expression, idiom, grieve, lament)
4
do penance(expression, idiom, atonement, penitence)
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