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      laments
      noun
      a mournful poem
      a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
      a cry of sorrow and grief
      verb
      regret strongly
      express grief verbally
      Roots
      lamentumlament- · Latin · wailing
      Words related to laments
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