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deplore

de·plore [ di pláwr ] (past and past participle de·plored, present participle de·plor·ing, 3rd person present singular de·plores)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. find something extremely unacceptable: to disapprove of something very strongly

2. regret: to regret or feel grief about something

[Mid-16th century. Via French or Italian< Latin deplorare "lament, regret" < plorare "wail"]

de·plor·ing·ly adverb

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See disapprove.

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