pity
- noun (n)
Meaning: feeling of mercy toward another
Synonyms:
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
- verb (v)
Meaning: feel sorry for spare
Synonyms:
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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.