letter of regret
noun[C]
ukuspluralletters of regretHR
aletterthattellssomeone apieceofbadnewssuch as thefactthat they havefailedto get ajob, etc.:
Wesentout aletterofregrettounsuccessfulcandidates.
Examplesofletter of regret
letter of regret
He wrote her a touching, carefully wordedletterofregret; he could no longer sustain the emotional and professional toll the relationship required of him.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Instructions have been issued that a separateletterofregretexplaining the error shall in future be sent to the addressee in any such case.
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As it happened he had sent aletterofregret, having fallen ill two days previously.
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They were fragments of theletterofregretwhich she had written earlier that evening.
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As it is, however, with occasional letters of regret for such untimely procedure, he still elects to bombard an inoffensive and unoffending township.
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It was no fault of the firms he was dealing with; he knew that their letters of regret were real statements of fact.
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