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nounany of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding seasontype of:
Definition that contains egret
- sorry feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- bad feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- afraid filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
- regret express with regret
- badly with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display
- bitter expressive of severe grief or regret
- apology an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone
- unfortunate unsuitable or regrettable
- remorse a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
- hale a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)