n. The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of lamenting; a lamentation.
Word Usage
"What draws regret and deploration is the fact that the secretary-general submitted this draft resolution on the same day the United States and Britain committed their corely (ph) colonial, barbaric attack on the people of Iraq on 19 March 2003."