pity

/pˈɪti/

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Noun
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"
Noun
an unfortunate development; "it''s a pity he couldn''t do it"
Noun
the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
Verb
share the suffering of