regretful = 'regrettable'

[Jonathan Lighter]

>From today's Yahoo News:

"'Seinfeld' star's regretful gay remark"

Maybe his apology made the remark  regretful retroactively or something
more or less along those lines if, like, you see what they're trying to say.

JL





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