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| affect1 |
to cause to feel sad or sorry; move; touch. [1/2 definitions] |
| afraid |
feeling sorry or unhappy about something. [1/2 definitions] |
| apologize |
to say that one is sorry. |
| apology |
a statement that one is sorry for something. |
| bad |
sorry; guilty. [1/10 definitions] |
| deeply |
If you think about something deeply, you think about it in a strong and serious way. If you love someone deeply, you love them in a strong or intense way. If you are deeply sorry about something, you are very sorry and feel very bad about it. |
| guilt |
a feeling of being sorry or responsible for having done something wrong. [1/2 definitions] |
| Lent |
the forty weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter, observed by Christians as a time to fast, pray, and be sorry for having done wrong. |
| mourn |
to feel very sad or be sorry for. [1/2 definitions] |
| or else |
or you will be sorry. |
| owe |
When you owe someone something, you should give it to them because it is the right thing to do. When you owe thanks to someone, it means that they did something good for you and you should thank them in return. If someone owes you an apology, they did something bad and they should say they are sorry to you. [1/2 definitions] |
| regret |
to feel sorry or guilty for. [1/3 definitions] |
| sorry |
When you are sorry, you feel bad or sad because of something you did or didn't do, or because something bad happened to someone else. [2 definitions] |
| sympathy |
When you feel sad because another person is sad, you are feeling sympathy. When you have sympathy, you understand and feel sorry about the sadness or trouble that another person is having. |
| unfortunate |
causing regret; sorry. [1/3 definitions] |
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