1
: compassion for the misery of another
2
: sorrow for one's own faults : remorse
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listening to your flippant comments about the homeless, I wonder if you have any ruth
Origin and Etymology of ruth
Middle English ruthe, from ruen to rue
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First Known Use: 13th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Synonyms
bigheartedness, charity, commiseration, compassion, feeling, good-heartedness, heart, humanity, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, largeheartedness, mercy, pity, softheartedness, sympathy, warmheartedness;
Antonyms
coldheartedness, hard-heartedness, inhumanity, inhumanness, mercilessness, pitilessness;
Near Antonyms
callousness, coldness, disinterest, indifference, unconcern;
Related Words
feelings, responsiveness, sensibility, sensitivity;
altruism, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, generosity, goodwill, humaneness, humanism, humanitarianism, philanthropy;
noun
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: a Moabite woman who accompanied Naomi to Bethlehem and became the ancestress of David
2
: a short narrative book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scriptures — see Bible Table
Origin and Etymology of ruth
Hebrew Rūth
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First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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George Herman 1895–1948 Babe Ruth or the Babe American baseball player
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