Wishing you hadn't (7)

I believe the answer is:

remorse

(Other definitions for remorse that I've seen before include "Compunction" , "Sorrow for wrong committed" , "display of conscience" , "compassion" , "Pangs of conscience" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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