ruefulness

Noun ruefulness has 1 sense

• ruefulness(n = noun.feeling) regret, rue, sorrow - 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"
is a kind of sadness, unhappiness
has particulars: attrition, contriteness, contrition, compunction, remorse, self-reproach
Derived form adjective rueful₁