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Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: déplorer, from Latin plorare 'to cry out'

deplore

 verb
     
de‧plore [transitive] formal
to disapprove of something very strongly and criticize it severely, especially publicly:
The UN deplored the invasion as a 'violation of international law'.
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