στεναχίζομαι

From LSJ

ἄμεινον γὰρ ἑαυτῷ φυλάττειν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τοῦ ἑτέρων ἀφαιρεῖσθαι → for it is better to guard one's own freedom than to deprive another of his

Source

French (Bailly abrégé)

se lamenter.
Étymologie: στένω.