I regret
Wish I hadn't
I regret is a formal phrase used to express sorrow or disappointment, typically when delivering unwelcome news: I regret to inform you that your application was unsuccessful.
The construction softens bad news by emphasizing the speaker's reluctance to deliver it.
In correspondence, it signals courtesy rather than genuine personal distress: I regret that I will be unable to attend.
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- so sorryExpression of regret
- sorryExpressing regret or apology
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- apologizeAcknowledge a fault
my mistake · mistake · missed opportunity · rue · lament · hindsight · looking back · shame · I wish · wish · undo · road not taken · haunted · sorrow · wistful · forgive · burden · confession
- polite phrasesplease, thank you, yes sir, hello, no sir
- I statementsI am, I feel, I think, I believe, I want
- admissionsapplication, acceptance letter, admissions, application deadline, admissions committee
- apologiessorry, forgive me, my mistake, mea culpa, sincere apology
regret, regrets, regretted, regretting, regretful, regretfully, regrettable, regrettably