• noun:   an unfortunate development

  Example: "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
• noun:   a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

  Example: "The blind are too often objects of pity"

• verb:   share the suffering of

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