Tears
Tears noun - The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds).
Weeps
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Invoked on an epic scale in the Old French Chanson de Roland, in which, on discovering the eponymous hero's death, among the French everyone weeps, Charlemagne sheds tears and tears his beard, and twenty thousand faint away for sorrow.
Source: Manly Tears -
Also, the Nameless One weeps bloody tears after reliving an evil moment where one of his previous incarnations lured a girl to her death by pretending to be in love with her.
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In Battle Royale, Hiroki Sugimura weeps over his friend Takako Chigusa as she slowly dies from a gunshot wound, maintaining his stoic expression despite the tears flowing down his face.
Source: Manly Tears
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