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verb
To ostentatiously display remorse, sorrow, or upset.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Synonyms: beat one's chest
Antonyms: none provided
History
For the meaning development compare Proto-Slavic *plakati ultimately from *pleh2k-, *pleh2g- (“to beat”) (whence also Latin plangō (whence plangent, plain)).
Across languages
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