RUEFULNESS

sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulness

(noun) sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; “he drank to drown his sorrows”; “he wrote a note expressing his regret”; “to his rue, the error cost him the game”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ruefulness (usually uncountable, plural ruefulnesses)

The property of being rueful.

Source: Wiktionary



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According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.

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