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deploration

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de⋅plore

  [di-plawr, -plohr]
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–verb (used with object), -plored, -plor⋅ing.
1. to regret deeply or strongly; lament: to deplore the present state of morality.
2. to disapprove of; censure.
3. to feel or express deep grief for or in regard to: The class deplored the death of their teacher.
Origin:
1550–60; < L dēplōrāre to weep bitterly, complain, equiv. to dē- de- + plōrāre to wail, prob. of imit. orig.

Related forms:
dep⋅lo⋅ra⋅tion  [dep-luh-rey-shuhn, dee-pluh-] , noun
de⋅plor⋅er, noun
de⋅plor⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. bemoan, bewail. 3. mourn.
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deplore 
1559, from L. deplorare "deplore, bewail," from de- "entirely" + plorare "weep, cry out."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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