Definitions
1.verbTo cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.
2.verbTo cause to feel sorrow or pity.
3.verbTo repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place."I rued the day I crossed paths with her."
4.verbTo feel compassion or pity.
5.verbTo feel sorrow or regret.
6.nounAny of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines.