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Synonyms
rue1 (rōō)

[Middle English ruen, from Old English hrēowan, to affect with grief, and hrēowian, to repent.]

verb: rued, ru·ing, rues. 

transitive verb 

To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for.

intransitive verb 

To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow.

noun 

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)

derivatives

rúer
noun
rue2 (rōō)

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rūta, probably from Greek rhūtē.]

noun 

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.