(archaic) regrettably; to my great regret / (archaic) unfortunately / (archaic) tragically

alas!

passable / allowed

proposal / suggestion

to propose / to suggest

rejection / (law) dismissal

reject / (law) dismiss

pity

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend