REGRET:
General English ·Previously asked in HP Patwari 2019
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Question
REGRET:
- A. Happy
- B. Bloom
- C. Reproduce
- D. Repent (Correct answer)
Correct Answer
Option D — Repent
Detailed Solution & Explanation
The correct answer is Repent.
Key Points
- Regret = to feel sorrow or remorse for something done; repent carries the same sense of contrition.
Additional Information
- Related: remorse (n.), contrition (n.), rue (v., literary).
- Note the inflected spellings — regretted, regretting, regrettable double the final t.