See regret letter on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "So named because such letters often begin with \"I/We regret to inform […] \"",
"forms": [
{
"form": "regret letters",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "regret letter (plural regret letters)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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},
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},
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"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Human resources",
"orig": "en:Human resources",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A message informing a potential candidate for a company or business that they have been denied a position."
],
"id": "en-regret_letter-en-noun-w21T7tEd",
"links": [
[
"human resources",
"human resources"
],
[
"message",
"message"
],
[
"inform",
"inform"
],
[
"potential",
"potential"
],
[
"candidate",
"candidate"
],
[
"company",
"company"
],
[
"business",
"business"
],
[
"denied",
"deny"
],
[
"position",
"position"
]
],
"qualifier": "human resources",
"raw_glosses": [
"(human resources) A message informing a potential candidate for a company or business that they have been denied a position."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "letter of regret"
}
]
}
],
"word": "regret letter"
}
{
"etymology_text": "So named because such letters often begin with \"I/We regret to inform […] \"",
"forms": [
{
"form": "regret letters",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "regret letter (plural regret letters)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Human resources"
],
"glosses": [
"A message informing a potential candidate for a company or business that they have been denied a position."
],
"links": [
[
"human resources",
"human resources"
],
[
"message",
"message"
],
[
"inform",
"inform"
],
[
"potential",
"potential"
],
[
"candidate",
"candidate"
],
[
"company",
"company"
],
[
"business",
"business"
],
[
"denied",
"deny"
],
[
"position",
"position"
]
],
"qualifier": "human resources",
"raw_glosses": [
"(human resources) A message informing a potential candidate for a company or business that they have been denied a position."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "letter of regret"
}
]
}
],
"word": "regret letter"
}
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