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ruth

noun

ˈrüth How to pronounce ruth (audio)
Definition of ruthnext
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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Recent Examples of ruth Her sensitive and sublime renderings of such states in her fiction and poetry exemplify this ruth. — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruth
  1. kindness
  2. sympathy
  3. compassion
  4. heart
  5. pity
  6. mercy
Noun
  • Normandin and Parker remembered their daughter for her creativity, sense of humor and kindness.
    — Hannah Fingerhut, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • All Queen‘s Roger Taylor is saying on his latest solo album is to give peace a chance — and maybe kindness, too.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of kindness
Noun
  • These sensual glimmers are no match for the antagonistic sociality of straight male relationships, which, in this novel, quickly convert sympathy or desire into rivalry and aggression.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Greta, Fritz and the pastor each quietly reject the death drive of the mayor, whose Nazi sympathies wind up coming back to haunt his own family.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of sympathy
Noun
  • His political superpower has never been his breadth of knowledge, intelligence, compassion or his empathy.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Eventually released, the resentful ex-con experiences a Damascene conversion due to the Christian compassion of Monseigneur Myriel (Frédéric Pierrot).
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of compassion
Noun
  • To lead a child to a gas chamber demands a hardness of heart that must be cultivated.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • To Longwell, such statements suggest that voters don’t want politicians to force them to choose between their hearts and their fears.
    — Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of heart
Noun
  • All eyes were trained in my direction, watching my every move, all conveying their pity.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Years later, Nelson is married to Linda (pity poor Tatyana Ali, saddled with an almost comically underwritten, saintly-supportive-partner role) and is raising her son as his own.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of pity
Noun
  • Clemency, meaning mercy or leniency, lets the president reduce the punishment for, or even forgive, federal crimes.
    — Caren Morrison, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
  • At one point, Allen was screaming for mercy and eating his own feces.
    — Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of mercy

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“Ruth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruth. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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