Regretted vs Remorseful – What’s the difference?

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Regretted vs Remorseful - What's the difference?
As a verb regretted is .

As an adjective remorseful is (of a person) feeling or filled with remorse.

regretted

English

Verb

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    remorseful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective )

  • (of a person) Feeling or filled with remorse.
    • He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution.
  • Expressing or caused by remorse.
    • There was a remorseful look on her face.

    Synonyms

    * penitent
    * apologetic
    * regretful
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    Antonyms

    * unremorseful
    * unrepentant

    Related terms

    * remorse
    * remorsefully
    * remorsefulness

    References

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    * ” remorseful” in Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
    * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.
    * Random House Webster’s Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.

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