Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ruefulness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rueful \Rue"ful\, a.
1. Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.
2. Expressing sorrow. ``Rueful faces.'' --Dryden.
Two rueful figures, with long black cloaks. --Sir W.
Scott.
-- {Rue"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Rue"ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ruefulness
n : sadness associated with some wrong done or some
disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he
wrote a note expressing his regret" [syn: {sorrow}, {regret}]
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