agony vs rue

agony

noun
  • Extreme pain. 

  • Violent contest or striving. 

  • Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion. 

  • The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane. 

  • The last struggle of life; death struggle. 

rue

verb
  • To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place. 

noun
  • Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines. 

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