[ruː], (Verb)

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


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English hrēow ‘repentance’, hrēowan ‘affect with contrition’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rouw ‘mourning’ and German Reue ‘remorse’

[ruː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- repentance; regret
(e.g: with rue my heart is laden)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English hrēow ‘repentance’, hrēowan ‘affect with contrition’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rouw ‘mourning’ and German Reue ‘remorse’

[ruː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a perennial evergreen shrub with bitter strong-scented lobed leaves which are used in herbal medicine


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek rhutē