repented

verb

past tense of repent
as in regretted
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about after hearing what a great time you guys had at the party, I am repenting my decision to stay home

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Recent Examples of repented But Mladic himself and his admirers among the Serbs have never repented. — ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026 Purgatory, the middle realm, is a place where sinners who have repented—even right before dying, even if only in their thoughts—are sent to be cleansed before ascending to Paradise. — Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
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regretted
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  • People reported incidents from 10, 20, even 40 years ago, and claimed to have regretted their inaction ever since.
    — Vanessa Bohns, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Bederow said changing the law could force courts to grapple with whether someone truly lacked the capacity to consent or instead consented at the time and later regretted the encounter.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
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“Repented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repented. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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