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h that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction. "A passionate regret at sin." Dr. H. More. What man does not remember with regret the first time he read Robinson Crusoe Macaulay. Neve…

ind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder. Premature consiolation is but the remembrancer of sorrow. Goldsmith. Ye that are the lord's remembrancers. Isa. lxii. 6. (Rev. Ver. ).

Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion. Curse on the unpardoning prince, whom tears can draw To no remorse. Dryden. But evermore it seem'd an easier thing At once without remorse to strike her dead. Tennyson.

To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do. First she relents With pity; of that pity then repents. Dryden.

The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin. Chaucer. Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2. Cor. vii. 20. Repentance is a change of mind, or a conversion from sin to God. Hammond. Repentance is the relinquishment of any p…

Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes. "Repentant sighs and voluntary pains." Pope.

e amends for. But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restored, and sorrows end. Shak.

To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge. Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall. Prior. There is much to be done . . . and much to be retrieved. Burke.

To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression. What different sorrows did within thee roll. Prior.

Having taken root; firmly implanted; fixed in the heart. "A rooted sorrow." Shak. -- Root"*ed*ly, adv. -- Root"ed*ness, n.

Ruth; sorrow. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To feel sorrow and regret; to repent. Work by counsel and thou shalt not rue. Chaucer. Old year, we'll dearly rue for you. Tennyson.

Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.

Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness. [Poetic] "They weep for ruth." Chaucer. "Have ruth of the poor." Piers Plowman. To stir up gentle ruth, Both for her noble blood, and for her tender youth. Spenser.

Full of sorrow; woeful.

Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like. Peaceful sleep out the sabbath of the tomb. Pope. Sabbath breaker, one who violates the law of the Sabbath. -- Sabbath breaking, the violation of the law of the Sabbath. -- Sabbath-day's journey, a distance of about a mile, which, unde…

cloud . . . and the sacrament of a rainbow, to guide his people through their portion of sorrows. Jer. Taylor.

Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune.

To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful. Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene. Pope.

Grievously; deeply; sorrowfully; miserably. "He sadly suffers in their grief." Dryden.