pity; mercy; compassion for another person

to feel compassion and pity for others; to take pity on someone

To lament the current state of the world and feel compassion for the suffering of humanity; to feel pity for the fate of mankind.

to feel compassion for; to take pity on; to have pity for

to take pity on; to feel sorry for someone

(literary) to feel compassion for; to take pity on; to feel sympathy for

to feel compassion for; to pity

to have compassion for; to sympathize with someone

to be in a situation that is worthy of sympathy or pity; one's conduct deserves sympathetic understanding