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