To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over.

regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"

is usually evoked against Israel by those who themselves have slaughtered noncombatants or allowed them to perish — such as the Russians in Grozny, the Syrians in Hama, or the U.N. in Rwanda and Dafur.

To complain of.

To regard as hopeless; to give up.

express strong disapproval of; "We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners"