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Rasquerask

n. A moment you instantly wish you could take back, feeling a pulse of dread right after crossing the point of no return--a blurted confession, a hurled insult, a final decision you'd been waffling over for months--wanting to take just one step backward in time, reverting to the way things used to be, in the halcyon days of just a minute ago.

Etymology

From rue, to regret + bourrasque, a tempest.

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