katua — meaning in English

English meaning

• regret verb To feel sorry about something that happened, or wish it had gone differently.
• repent verb To feel deep regret for something wrong you have done, often wanting to change.
• rue verb To bitterly regret something, especially a decision or action.

Senses

katua is used for these senses in English:

• regret To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
• repent (intransitive) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
• repent (theology, intransitive) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
• rue (transitive) To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.

regret — full definition

1. verb To feel sorry about something that happened, or wish it had gone differently.
2. noun A feeling of sadness or disappointment about something in the past.
3. noun A polite refusal, especially a note declining an invitation.

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