Pity

Pit´y

n.	1.	Piety.
	2.	A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord. - Prov. xix. 17. He . . . has no more pity in him than a dog. - Shak.
	3.	A reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be regretted. What pity is it That we can die but once to serve our country! - Addison.
v. t.	1.	To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering. [imp. & p. p. Pitied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pitying.] Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. - Ps. ciii. 13.
	2.	To move to pity; - used impersonally. It pitieth them to see her in the dust. - Bk. of Com. Prayer.
v. i.	1.	To be compassionate; to show pity. I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy. - Jer. xiii. 14.

Noun	1.	pity - a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity" Synonyms: commiseration, pathos, ruth
	2.	pity - an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it" Synonyms: shame
	3.	pity - the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it Synonyms: compassion
Verb	1.	pity - share the suffering of Synonyms: compassionate, condole with, feel for, sympathize with