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   rue

   /ruː/

   verb

   • 1. bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen) and wish it undone: "Ferguson will rue the day he turned down that offer"

   noun

   • 1. repentance; regret: archaic "with rue my heart is laden"
   • ▪ compassion; pity: archaic "tears of pitying rue"

   Word Origin Old Englishhrēow ‘repentance’, hrēowan ‘affect with contrition’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rouw ‘mourning’ and German Reue ‘remorse’.

   Scrabble Points: 3

   • R

     1

   • U

     1

   • E

     1

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