Gratitude vs. Regret — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Gratitude and Regret
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Gratitude
Gratitude, thankfulness, or gratefulness, from the Latin word gratus "pleasing, thankful", is a feeling of appreciation felt by and/or similar positive response shown by the recipient of kindness, gifts, help, favors, or other types of generosity, to the giver of said gifts.The experience of gratitude has historically been a focus of several world religions. It has also been a topic of interest to ancient, medieval and modern philosophers, and continues to engage contemporary philosophers.The systematic study of gratitude within psychology began in the year 1998 when Martin Seligman introduced a new branch of psychology: positive psychology.
Regret
Regret is the emotion of wishing one had made a different decision in the past, because the consequences of the decision were unfavorable. Regret is related to perceived opportunity.
Gratitude
The state of being grateful; thankfulness.
Regret
Feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over (something that one has done or failed to do)
She immediately regretted her words
I always regretted that I never trained
Gratitude
The state of being grateful.
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Regret
A feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over an occurrence or something that one has done or failed to do
He had to decline, to his regret
She expressed her regret at Virginia's death
Gratitude
The state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; kindness awakened by a favor received; thankfulness.
The debt immense of endless gratitude.
Regret
To feel sorry, disappointed, distressed, or remorseful about
I regret not speaking to her before she left.
Gratitude
A feeling of thankfulness and appreciation;
He was overwhelmed with gratitude for their help
Regret
To remember with a feeling of loss or sorrow; mourn
"He almost regretted the penury which he had suffered during the last two years since the desperate struggle merely to keep body and soul together had deadened the pain of living" (W. Somerset Maugham).
Regret
To feel regret.
Regret
A feeling of sorrow, disappointment, distress, or remorse about something that one wishes could be different.
Regret
A sense of loss and longing for someone or something gone or passed out of existence
"We have both had flashes of regret for those vanished, golden people" (Anne Rivers Siddons).
Regret
Regrets A courteous expression of regret, especially at having to decline an invitation.
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.
He regretted his words.
Regret
(more generally) To feel sorry about (any thing).
I regret that I have to do this, but I don't have a choice.
Regret
To miss; to feel the loss or absence of; to mourn.
Regret
Emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing.
Regret
(obsolete) Dislike; aversion.
Regret
(decision theory) The amount of avoidable loss that results from choosing the wrong action.
Regret
Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction.
What man does not remember with regret the first time he read Robinson Crusoe?
Never any prince expressed a more lively regret for the loss of a servant.
From its peaceful bosom [the grave] spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
Regret
Dislike; aversion.
Regret
To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an error; to regret lost opportunities or friends.
Calmly he looked on either life, and hereSaw nothing to regret, or there to fear.
In a few hours they [the Israelites] began to regret their slavery, and to murmur against their leader.
Recruits who regretted the plow from which they had been violently taken.
Regret
Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment;
He drank to drown his sorrows
He wrote a note expressing his regret
To his rue, the error cost him the game
Regret
Feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
Regret
Feel sad about the loss or absence of
Regret
Decline formally or politely;
I regret I can't come to the party
Regret
Be sorry;
I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard
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