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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Take a moment to watch these other random acts of kindness captured on camera!—
Ronnie Li,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025 -
The viral video left many TikTok users emotional and grateful for the couple's kindness.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Members of the Permanent Fund staff offered sympathy but did not accept responsibility for Peter Pan’s demise.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Feb. 2025
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Does the person's story elicit emotions of sympathy?—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This is a scandalous example of a broken system where common sense and good judgment were overruled by bad advice, lack of compassion, irresponsible fiscal oversight and a litigious culture.—
Marsha Sutton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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Time is malleable, reality is only a function of our choices, and people can create their own second chances — ideas that Universal Language borrows from Kiarostami’s cinematic library of compassion, and then makes its own.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The line of drinkware includes an assortment of tumblers and cold cups adorned with hearts, flowers and pink and red hues, according to Starbucks.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Soften his heart, guide his words, and fill him with wisdom and kindness.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Hannah reached for the bottle of Dom and filled her glass to the brim with a put-upon sigh, pity swimming in her hazel eyes.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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What a pity that Ola gets a real job and is forced to quit the play.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Nestor is a man trying to maintain his dignity while at the mercy of everyone around him, his frustrations rising to the surface at the slightest provocation from his back-talking kids or his younger brother (Valentin Mexico), a hotshot with a Trans Am.—
Sheri Linden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
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Right Reverend Mariann Budde recently went viral for asking President Donald Trump to show mercy to LGBTQ+ and migrant communities.—
Jason Parham,
WIRED,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Ruth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruth. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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