2.A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration. "He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord." "He... has no more pity in him than a dog."
3.A reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be regretted. "The more the pity." "What pity is it That we can die but once to serve our country!" Note: In this sense, sometimes used in the plural, especially in the colloquialism: "It is a thousand pities."
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