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Regretful vs Repentant – What’s the difference?

Regretful vs Repentant - What's the difference?
As adjectives the difference between regretful and repentant is that regretful is full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets while repentant is feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing. As a noun repentant is one who repents; a penitent.

regretful

English

Adjective

(en adjective )

  • Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets.
  • Sorrowful about what has been lost or done.
  • Synonyms

    * (full of regret) repining, rueful, sorrowful

    Derived terms

    * regretfully
    * regretfulness
    * unregretful

    References

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    repentant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective )

  • Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * unrepentant

    Noun

    (en noun )

  • One who repents; a penitent.
  • Anagrams

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