REGRET:

General English ·Previously asked in HP Patwari 2019

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Question

REGRET:

  1. A. Happy
  2. B. Bloom
  3. C. Reproduce
  4. 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.