| Main Entry: | ruth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compassion |
Synonyms: |
grief, mercy, penitence, pity, regret, remorse, repentance, sadness, sorrow, sympathy, tenderness |
| Main Entry: | compunction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | regret, sorrow |
Synonyms: |
attrition, conscience, contrition, misgiving, penitence, penitency, pity, punctiliousness, qualm, reluctance, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, second thoughts, shame, stab of conscience, sympathy |
Antonyms: |
defiance, meanness, no remorse |
| Main Entry: | contrition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | regret |
Synonyms: |
attrition, compunction, contriteness, humiliation, penance, penitence, penitency, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, self-reproach, sorrow |
Antonyms: |
hurtfulness, indifference, meanness |
| Main Entry: | dolor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misery, anguish |
Synonyms: |
agony, distress, grief, heartache, heartbreak, passion, ruth, sadness, sorrow, suffering |
Antonyms: |
cheer, happiness, hopefulness |
| Main Entry: | mercy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kindness, compassion |
Synonyms: |
benevolence, benignancy, blessing, boon, charity, clemency, commiseration, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, generosity, gentleness, godsend, goodwill, grace, humanity, kindliness, lenience, leniency, lenity, lifesaver, luck, mildness, pity, quarter, relief, ruth, softheartedness, sympathy, tenderness, tolerance |
Antonyms: |
cruelty, intolerance, meanness, uncompassion |
| Main Entry: | penance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reparation for wrong |
Synonyms: |
absolution, atonement, attrition, compensation, compunction, confession, contrition, expiation, forgiveness, hair shirt, mortification, penalty, penitence, punishment, purgation, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, retribution, rue, ruth, sackcloth and ashes, self-flagellation, shrift, sorrow, suffering |
| Main Entry: | penitence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shame, sorrow |
Synonyms: |
anguish, attrition, compunction, contriteness, contrition, debasement, degradation, distress, grief, humbling, humiliation, penance, qualm, regret, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, rue, ruefulness, ruth, sadness, scruple, self-castigation, self-condemnation, self-flagellation, self-punishment, self-reproach |
Antonyms: |
shamelessness |
| Main Entry: | pity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feeling of mercy toward another |
Synonyms: |
benevolence, charity, clemency, comfort, commiseration, compassion, compunction, condolement, condolence, dejection, distress, empathy, favor, forbearance, goodness, grace, humanity, kindliness, kindness, lenity, melancholy, mercy, philanthropy, quarter, rue, ruth, sadness, solace, sorrow, sympathy, tenderness, understanding, warmth |
Antonyms: |
disdain, malevolence, mercilessness |
| Main Entry: | repentance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feeling bad for past action |
Synonyms: |
attrition, compunction, conscience, contriteness, contrition, grief, guilt, penitence, penitency, regret, remorse, rue, ruth, self-reproach, sorriness, sorrow |
Antonyms: |
happiness |
| Main Entry: | sympathy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pity |
Synonyms: |
aid, cheer, comfort, commiseration, compassion, condolence, consolation, empathy, encouragement, reassurance, rue, ruth, solace, tenderness, thoughtfulness, understanding |
| Notes: | condolence and sympathy are parallel formations going back to Latin condolere and Greek sumpatheia, meaning 'together-suffering' empathy denotes a deep emotional understanding of another's feelings or problems, while sympathy is more general and can apply to small annoyances or setbacks sympathy means the stimulation in a person of feelings that are similar in kind to those that affect another person; empathy means a mental or affective projection into the feelings or state of mind of another person |
Antonyms: |
callousness, indifference, mercilessness |