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R — Refrangibility to Relay (Part 6 of 11)

    2. Vomit.

Regress, n. Return, retrocession, reflux, retrogression, refluence, ebb, retirement, passage back, retrogradation, regression.

Regression, n. Return. See Regress.

Regressively, ad. Backward, by return.

Regret, n.

    1. Grief, sorrow, trouble, sorrowful longing, concern, lamentation.
    2. Penitence, compunction, remorse, repentance, contrition, self-condemnation.

Regret, v. a.

    1. Lament, grieve at, be sorry for, deplore.
    2. Repent, repent of, mourn for, rue, bewail, bemoan.

Regular, a.

    1. Normal, formal, according to rule.
    2. Stated, fixed, established, periodical.
    3. Steady, constant, uniform.
    4. Orderly, methodical, systematic, just, uniform, unvarying.
    5. Thorough, out-and-out, perfect, complete (colloq.)

Regularity, n.

    1. Order, rule, method, system, uniformity, even tenor, regular course.
    2. Punctuality, regular recurrence.
    3. Steadiness, constancy.