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Regret for things done while the person was alive.
The Big Nurse oozes fake compassion and steely manipulation — until the climactic tragedy, when she unexpectedly displays genuine regret for the outcome rather than simply exploiting it.
"We understand the concerns regarding the negative interpretations of the tattoo and regret it was displayed.
But some of Japan's suicides are likely tied to romantic ideas of suicide-as-atonement influenced by the harakiri tradition and linked to public displays of regret for failures.
The player's inability to display "even a modicum of regret" for his behaviour disbarred him from football, wrote Rowan Pelling in the Daily Telegraph.
It was a display tinged with some regret for rugby league fans, however, with Taylor set to head to France at the end of the season to join Super League side Catalans Dragons.
If you're a veteran viewer of the Academy Awards, then you may have watched last night's 87th Oscar ceremony with a twinge of regret for all the bad taste that wasn't on display.
— Donald J. Trump on Thursday expressed regret for making statements that have "caused personal pain," a rare display of contrition that followed the shake-up of his campaign's leadership this week.
In a rare display of contrition, the Republican presidential candidate expressed regret for nasty comments about Kelly that he spread to millions of followers on Twitter.
Chinese authorities today put on display three severely scarred former practitioners of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement who expressed their regret for setting themselves on fire last year in Tiananmen Square.
It is fortunate that Panettiere lives without regrets, since she'll be displaying that typo for the rest of her life.
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