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v. To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for.

verb-intransitive. To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow.

n. Sorrow; regret: "To their rue, the Social Democrats have to acknowledge that the Conservative-Liberal coalition has captured the center where elections are won” ( Elizabeth Pond).

n. Any of various aromatic southwest Asian or Mediterranean plants of the genus Ruta, especially the ornamental R. graveolens, having bipinnately compound leaves that yield an acrid volatile oil formerly used in medicine.

n. Repentance, regret.

n. Pity, compassion.

v. To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.

v. To cause to feel sorrow or pity.

v. To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.

v. To feel compassion or pity.

n. Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens, formerly used in medicines.

n. A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.

n. Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.

v. To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over.

v. To cause to grieve; to afflict.

v. To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from.

verb-intransitive. To have compassion.

verb-intransitive. To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.

n. Sorrow; repetance.

. To cause to grieve; make repentant, compassionate, or sorrowful; afflict: often used impersonally with a personal pronoun.

To repent of; feel remorse for; regret; hence, to suffer in expiation of: as, to rue one's folly or mistakes.

To feel sorrow or suffering on account of; suffer from or by; experience loss or injury from.

To have or take pity on; feel sorry for; compassionate.

To repent of and withdraw, or try to withdraw, from: as, to rue a bargain. See rue-bargain.

To be sorrowful; experience grief or harm; suffer; mourn.

To repent; feel remorse or regret.

To have pity; have compassion or mercy: often followed by on or upon.

n. Sorrow; repentance.

n. Any plant of the genus Ruta, especially R. graveolens, the common or garden rue, a native of the Mediterranean region and western Asia, and elsewhere common in cultivation.

v. feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about

n. (French) a street or road in France

n. sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment

n. European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy

n. leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy

"Ophelia wishes to remind the Queen of the sorrow and contrition she ought to feel for her unlawful marriage; and that she may wear her rue with peculiar propriety on Sundays, when she solicits pardon for the crime which she has so much occasion to _rue_ and repent of."

rued    rueing    rues    ruing   

feel    experience    street    herbaceous plant    Herb   

fen-rue    oil of rue    black rue    goat's rue    african rue    syrian rue    wall rue   

disappointment    grief    regret    afflict    repent    sorrow    repetance    herb of grace    garden rue   

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thyme    dill    fennel    chamomile    hyssop    mint    wormwood    parsley    southernwood    rosemary