Crime and Regret

Crime

Crime noun - Activities that are in violation of the laws of the state.

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Regret and crime are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Regret" instead a noun "Crime".

Nearby Words: criminal, criminally

Regret noun - A feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.

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Crime and regret are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crime" instead a noun "Regret".

old	old crime	old regret
particular	particular crime	particular regret
similar	similar crime	similar regret
common	common crime	common regret
Other adjectives: true, single, small, real, severe, big, great, serious, little, horrible, main, ultimate, major, past, minor, greater, greatest, biggest.

Tears of Remorse: Chris does feel some regret for his atrocious crime, and is visibly haunted by what he's done.

Source: Film / Match Point
The Godfather Don Vito Corleone is a fearsome, wise and respected crime lord but in his final days expresses his regret to his son Michael that he couldn't turn the family legit.

Source: Broken Ace
He at least has the decency to respect a Worthy Opponent in the cooking game, and his only regret was that said worthy opponent ended up being blamed for his crime when he was trying to frame someone else.

Source: Evil Chef

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