as in kindness
the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune
listening to your flippant comments about the homeless, I wonder if you have any ruth
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Noun
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If the several buildings the report says Taxpayer 1 was delinquent on taxes included, say, a bar or ramshackle eyesores, that will look like something other than Stewart extending kindness to a stranger.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026 -
Harding defines kindness as an act of generosity expecting nothing in return.—
Gili Malinsky,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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His apparently boundless sympathy for others stops short of his own wife.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Idubor extended her sympathies to Long’s family.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And Mark aside, there are limits to my compassion.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
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In conclusion, the owner had only care and compassion for everyone who worked for him, and the baristas would be willing to testify to this.—
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Kristin Arielle Oliver passed away in June 2020 at the age of 31 after battling a rare heart cancer that required many blood transfusions.—
Francine Knowles,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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The centrality of the extra-long flyback chronograph seconds hand (in a straw-yellow color) nods to his belief that the watch is, at heart, an instrument.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
27 Apr. 2026
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Renee Seevers, chief executive of TinyFest, an annual gathering of tiny-home providers and experts, still remembers when her 100-square-foot lifestyle went from looks of pity to those of awe.—
Amancai Biraben,
Oc Register,
18 Apr. 2026
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While the Kings feasted on pity points to contort and squeeze their way into the playoffs, the reset button has been pressed firmly around the NHL.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Sturm then gave Swayman the mercy pull, which frankly could have happened after the disastrous first.—
Stephen Conroy,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2026
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Leading only 3-0 after 3, the Owls brought up 16 batters to the plate and scored 11 runs, 8 with 2 outs, in the bottom fourth to activate the mercy rule.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Ruth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruth. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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