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| pit·y [ píttee ] |
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1. feeling of sympathy: a feeling of sadness because of another person's trouble or suffering, or the capacity to feel this
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2. regrettable thing: a sad or regrettable thing
  It's a pity you couldn't make it.
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3. mercy: a willingness to help or to forgive somebody
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transitive verb (past and past participle pit·ied, present participle pit·y·ing, 3rd person present singular pit·ies) |
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feel pity for somebody: to feel pity for somebody
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interjection |
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expression of sympathy or regret: used to express sympathy or regret about something
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informal
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| [13th century. Via Old French pité< Latin pietas "dutifulness, piety, compassion" (see piety)] |
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| pit·y·ing adjective |
| pit·y·ing·ly adverb |
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have or take pity on somebody
1. to feel pity for somebody
2. to show mercy to somebody
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(the) more's the pity used to express regret, disappointment, or annoyance that something is the case (informal)
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