expression of regret
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexpressionandregret
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expression
noun
uk/ɪkˈspreʃ.ən/us/ɪkˈspreʃ.ən/
the act of saying what you think or showing how you feel using words ...
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regret
noun[C or U]
uk/rɪˈɡret/us/rɪˈɡret/
a feeling of sadness about something sad or wrong or about a mistake that you have made, and a wish that it could have been different ...
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(Definition ofexpressionandregretfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Yet not one word of apology have we had, nor oneexpressionofregret.
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The first was a legal pardon, the second was the status quo and the third was anexpressionofregret.
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So we have another pledge discarded without anyexpressionofregretor apology.
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I will not go back on this question of theexpressionofregret.
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There was at least anexpressionofregret.
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We would like to join in theexpressionofregretat his passing and pay tribute to his work.
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Nor was there the slightestexpressionofregretbut merely a statement that all's well that ends well.
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There has been no word of apology for what happened, noexpressionofregretfor these numbers of people who are at present lying injured.
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I have heard noexpressionofregretabout it.
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I begin with a somewhat hereticalexpressionofregret.
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Was there any sign of remorse orexpressionofregret?
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My finalexpressionofregretis upon the absence of any encouragement to private flying.
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It is therefore appropriate that we should have made ourexpressionofregrethere.
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I do not think that that can be called anything else but anexpressionofregret.
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Nothing could be fuller than hisexpressionofregret.
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I should like to associate myself with thisexpressionofregret.
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There has been noexpressionofregretabout the rip-off and no acknowledgement of blame.
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We should congratulate ourselves upon that were it not for the fact that there is noexpressionofregretor of repentance.
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This minor failure of communications was admitted, with a suitableexpressionofregret.
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I do not know whether that was anexpressionofregretor relief.
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