Associations to the word «Deplore»

Wiktionary

DEPLORE, verb. (transitive) To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
DEPLORE, verb. (transitive) To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.
DEPLORE, verb. (obsolete) To regard as hopeless; to give up.

Dictionary definition

DEPLORE, verb. Express strong disapproval of; "We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners".
DEPLORE, verb. Regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats