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regret collapse: be sorry; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard"; decline formally or politely; "I regret I can't come to the party"; feel sad about the loss or absence of

penance collapse: a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution; voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

confession collapse: (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution; a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party; a document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century); a public declaration of your faith; an admission of misdeeds or faults

permissiveness collapse: a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior

laxness collapse: the quality of being lax and neglectful; the condition of being physiologically lax; "baths can help the laxness of the bowels"

procrastination collapse: the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time

nonfeasance collapse: a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do

reformation collapse: a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches; improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs

apology collapse: a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"; an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone; "he wrote a letter of apology to the hostess"; a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly

oversight collapse: a mistake resulting from inattention; an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something

looseness collapse: movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in the steering wheel"; the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints; a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice; "misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression"; freedom from restraint; "the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made"

acknowledgment collapse: a statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her"

negligence collapse: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances; the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

default collapse: loss due to not showing up; "he lost the game by default"; act of failing to meet a financial obligation; fail to pay up

excuse collapse: a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"; a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"; excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"; serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again"; grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"; ask for permission to be released from an engagement; accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands"

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