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like my book, but his contempt for it was registered on his
face. 5 make known, inform of, advise, transmit, communicate,
record, note, make note of, report, write down, minute: I wish
to register my disapproval of the way prisoners are treated
here. 6 check in, sign in or on, log in: In the US, all aliens
are required to register each year in January. We registered in
the hotel as man and wife. 7 Sometimes, register with or on.
sink in, impress, become apparent (to), make an impression (on),
come home (to), get through (to); dawn on or upon, occur to: I
heard what you said, but it just didn't register. The name
didn't register with me at first, but I now know who you are. 8
indicate, read, mark, represent, measure, point to, specify,
exhibit, show, manifest: The earthquake registered 7 on the
Richter scale.
regret v. 1 rue, mourn, lament, bemoan, bewail, repent, be or feel
sorry for, feel remorse for, feel or be remorseful over, be or
feel upset, never forgive oneself, deplore, deprecate, weep or
cry over: You will regret speaking to me that way! The
management regrets any inconvenience caused by the redecoration
of the restaurant.
--n. 2 Sometimes, regrets. repentance, guilt, sorrow,
disappointment, contrition, remorse, regretfulness, (pang or
pangs of) conscience, self-reproach, self-condemnation, qualm,
second thoughts, rue, ruefulness, grief, woe, sadness,
mournfulness, Literary dolour: He felt no regret for his evil
deeds. Do you ever have any regrets over the way you treated
him? 3 regrets. refusal, non-acceptance, non-consent, US
turn-down: Thank you for the invitation, but I must tender my
regrets.
regretful adj. rueful, mournful, sad, repentant, guilty, sorry,
sorrowful, disappointed, contrite, remorseful, apologetic,
penitent: He was most regretful for the way he had behaved.
regrettable
adj. lamentable, deplorable, woeful, sad, distressing,
upsetting, unhappy, unfortunate, unlucky, too bad, awful,
terrible, execrable, reprehensible, wrong, shameful, shaming,
Colloq tough, rough: It is regrettable that he had the car
crash, but he had been warned about drinking and driving.