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"Rue" Definition

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.
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).
A European strong-scented perennial woody herb ( of the family Rutaceae, the rue family) that has bitter leaves used medicinally.

verb-transitive

To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for.

verb-intransitive

To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow.

verb

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

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