Entry Word: pity

Function: noun

Meaning: 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