sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy

to feel pity for astarving child.

a cause or reason for pity, sorrow, or regret

What a pity you could not go!

to feel pity or compassion for; be sorry for; commiserate with.

to have compassion; feel pity. ?

have or take pity. to show mercy or compassion.

noun

disdain , malevolence , mercilessness , advantage , blessing , good fortune

verb

disdain , scorn

noun

benevolence , charity , clemency , comfort , commiseration , compassion , compunction , condolement , condolence , dejection , distress , empathy , favor , forbearance , goodness , grace , humanity , kindliness , kindness , lenity , melancholy , mercy , philanthropy , quarter , rue , ruth , sadness , solace , sorrow , sympathy , tenderness , understanding , warmth , bad luck , catastrophe , crime , crisis , crying shame , disaster , mischance , misfortune , mishap , regret , shame , sin , remorse

verb

ache * , be sorry for , be sympathetic , bleed for , comfort , commiserate , condole , console , feel for , feel with , forgive , give quarter , grant amnesty , grieve with , have compassion , have mercy on , identify with , lament with , pardon , put out of one’s misery , relent , reprieve , show forgiveness , show sympathy , solace , soothe , sympathize , take pity on , understand , weep for , ache , compassionate , yearn , charity , clemency , compassion , condole with , crime , forbearance , have pity for , kindliness , lament , mercy , pathos , piety , shame , sympathy , tenderness , understanding