| NOUN | feeling | ruefulness, sorrow, regret, rue | sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment |
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| Meaning | sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment. | |
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| Synonyms | sorrow, regret, rue | |
| Narrower | attrition, contrition, contriteness | sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation |
| compunction, remorse, self-reproach | A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) | |
| Broader | sadness, unhappiness | emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being |
| Spanish | pesadumbre, pesar | |
| Catalan | pesar, recança, remordiment | |
| Adjectives | rueful | feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins / sins or offenses |
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