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What does regretful mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word regretful? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets.
  2. Sorrowful about what has been lost or done.
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However, there is no doubt in my mind that the two officers were genuinely regretful that they were not requested to stop traffic.
I sat there in quiet, feeling regretful for anything contemptible I ever thought about the many sitting in front of me.
Kent the narrator is wise to the flaws of his younger self, if not exactly regretful.
He said everyone present was deeply regretful about the situation and had really wanted to see the radiotherapy unit become a reality.
I give it a regretful look, hoping it won't be my last and turn to head back inside.
She slipped out the door, relieved that she was able to sneak out, vacating the room, before anything regretful was said or done.

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