Definition of "regretfulness" []

• The state or condition of being regretful. (noun)

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• "And to this was added an indefinable fear, now when the irrevocable separation confronted her; the thought that she was to leave her home was tinged with a vague sense of regretfulness, of impalpable foreboding."
• "The world and the Court excused him also, charmed by the facility with which he received people, the pleasure he felt in granting requests and rendering services, the gentleness and regretfulness of his refusals, and his indefatigable patience as a listener."
• "And when they had drunk the wine their sorrowful memories went from them, and they spoke to each other without regretfulness."