When Sorry Doesn't Cut It

for·Give [fer-Giv] verb, -Gave, -Giv·en, -Giv·inG.

–verb (used with object)
1. to Grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
2. to Give up all claim on account of; remit (a debt, obliGation, etc.).
3. to Grant pardon to (a person).
4. to cease to feel resentment aGainst: to forGive one's enemies.
5. to cancel an indebtedness or liability of: to forGive the interest owed on a loan. –verb (used without object)
6. to pardon an offense or an offender.

Related forms
for·Giv·a·ble, adjective
for·Giv·er, noun

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hind·sight [hahynd-sayt] –noun


recoGnition of the realities, possibilities, or requirements of a situation, event, decision etc., after its occurrence.

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cow·ard·ly [kou-erd-lee] -adjective


1. lackinG couraGe; contemptibly timid.
2. characteristic of or befittinG a coward; despicably mean, covert, or unprincipled: a cowardly attack on a weak, defenseless man. –adverb
3. like a coward.

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re·Gret [ri-Gret] -verb

–verb (used with object)
1. to feel sorrow or remorse for (an act, fault, disappointment, etc.): He no sooner spoke than he reGretted it.
2. to think of with a sense of loss: to reGret one's vanished youth.
–noun
3. a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
4. a feeling of sorrow or remorse for a fault, act, loss, disappointment, etc.
5. reGrets, a polite, usually formal refusal of an invitation: I sent her my reGrets.
6. a note expressinG reGret at one's inability to accept an invitation: I have had four acceptances and one reGret.

If you still read this, it's in the mail, where it should have been a lonG time aGo.