- Regret (emotion)
Regret is an intelligent (and/or
emotion al) dislike for personal past acts and behaviors. Regret is often felt when someone feelssadness ,shame ,embarrassment orguilt after committing an action or actions that the person later wishes that he or she had not done. Regret is distinct fromguilt , which is a deeply emotional form of regret — one which may be difficult to comprehend in an objective or conceptual way. In this regard, the concept of regret is subordinate to guilt in terms of its "emotional power." By comparison,shame typically refers to the social (rather than personal) aspect of guilt or (in minor context) regret as imposed by the society or culture (enforcement ofethics ,morality ), which has substantial bearing in matters of (personal and social)honor .Regret can describe not only the dislike for an action that has been committed, but also, importantly, regret of inaction. Many people find themselves wishing that they had done something in a past situation.
Models
There are extremely specific models of regret mostly in
economics andfinance . Of these, the most clearly emotional isbuyer's remorse , also called buyer's regret.A much less emotional formulation is
investor's regret which is arisk measure. Financial theoristRon Dembo equates these and claims that regret, modified by arisk aversion factor , is the only reliable indicator of risk shared among all investors.References
* Hein, David. "Regrets Only: A
Theology ofRemorse ." "TheAnglican " 33, no. 4 (October 2004): 5-6. ]External links
* [http://www.regrett.com/ Regrett.com]
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* [http://www.wordsmyth.net/live/home.php?script=search&matchent=regret&matchtype=exact WordSmyth Definition]
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