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ruing

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  1. To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.
  2. To cause to feel sorrow or pity.
  3. To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.“I rued the day I crossed paths with her.”
  4. To feel compassion or pity.

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