REGRET
–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.



PROMISE

–noun

1.	a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.

2.	an express assurance on which expectation is to be based: promises that an enemy will not win.

3.	something that has the effect of an express assurance; indication of what may be expected.

4.	indication of future excellence or achievement: a writer who shows promise.

5.	something that is promised.

–verb (used with object)

6.	to engage or undertake by promise (usually used with an infinitive or a clause as object): She promised to go tomorrow.

7.	to make a promise of (some specified act, gift, etc.): to promise help.

8.	to make a promise of something to (a specified person): Promise me that you will come.

9.	to afford ground for expecting: The sky promised a storm.

10.	to engage to join in marriage.

11.	to assure (used in emphatic declarations): I won't go there again, I promise you that!