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Definition of Regrets
1. Noun. A polite refusal of an invitation.
Generic synonyms: Acknowledgement, Acknowledgment, Refusal
Derivative terms: Decline
Definition of Regrets
1. Noun. (plural of regret) ¹
2. Verb. (third-person singular of regret) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Regrets
1. regret [v] - See also: regret
Lexicographical Neighbors of Regrets
Literary usage of Regrets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass (1855)
"CITT ANNOYANCES—PLANTATION regrets—MY MISTRESS, MISS BOPHA HER HISTORY—HER KINDNESS
TO ME—MY MASTER, HUGH ACLD HIS SOURNESS MY INCREASED SENSITIVENESS MY ..."
2. A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter (1909)
"CHAPTER XX WHEREIN THE ELDER AMMON OFFERS ADVICE, AND EDITH CARR EXPERIENCES
regrets PHILIP AMMON walked from among his friends a humiliated and a wounded ..."
3. The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: Comprising His Letters, Private by Rufus King (1900)
"The Day of his arrival I wrote him a Note expressing my regrets that my health
was so bad as to preclude my paying my Respects in Person, & obliging me to ..."
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