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pity

/'pɪti/

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noun
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
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"the blind are too often objects of pity"

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commiseration pathos ruth

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fellow feeling sympathy
noun
the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
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compassion

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mercifulness mercy
verb
share the suffering of
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compassionate condole with feel for sympathize with

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grieve sorrow
noun
an unfortunate development
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"it's a pity he couldn't do it"

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shame

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bad luck misfortune

Examples of pity

"the blind are too often objects of pity"
"it's a pity he couldn't do it"