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pity
- Entry Word:
- pity
- Function:
- noun
Text:
1
a regrettable or blameworthy act<itʼs a pity you had to hit your sister, because youʼll be grounded for it>— see crime 2
2
the capacity for feeling for anotherʼs unhappiness or misfortune<a woman of boundless pity who tried to care for every abandoned animal she found>— see heart 1
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