- sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulness - sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game"
--1 is a kind of sadness, unhappiness
--1 has particulars:attrition, contrition, contriteness; compunction, remorse, self-reproach