Dictionary

Sorrow; repentance; regret.

Pity; compassion.

To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.

To cause to feel sorrow or pity.

To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.

Example: I rued the day I crossed paths with her.

To feel compassion or pity.

Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines.