PITY

I. noun (plural pities) Etymology: Middle English pite, from Anglo-French pité, from Latin pietat-, pietas piety, ~, from pius pious Date: 13th century 1. sympathetic sorrow for one suffering, distressed, or unhappy, capacity to feel ~, something to be regretted , Synonyms: see: ~ II. verb (pitied; ~ing) Date: 15th century transitive verb to feel ~ for, intransitive verb to feel ~