pity

IPA: pˈɪti

(uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
(countable) Something regrettable.
(obsolete, Early Modern) Piety.

(transitive) To feel pity for (someone or something).
(transitive, now regional) To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of.

Examples of "pity" in Sentences

They had pity for the deserter.
The pity is, nobody gets to the talkpage.
The tragedy aroused the pity of the nation.
It is the pity that the book is out of print.
It is a pity that the case was closed in the meantime.
He shows pity to the needy and the poor and saves the lives of the poor.
Pity originally means feeling for others, particularly feelings of sadness or sorrow, and was once used in a comparable sense to the more modern words 'sympathy' and 'empathy'.