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1
to feel or express sorrow for
- a statement from the bishops deploring the loss of life in the war overseas
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2
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about
- deplored the fact that his guests were seeing his apartment at its messiest
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- delight (in),
- enjoy,
- relish,
- revel (in),
- savor
- (also savour)
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The first known use of deplore was in 1559
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