Synonyms of the word

commiseration

• n. The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.

acknowledgement

• n. (most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment.

acknowledgment

• n. The act of acknowledging; admission.
• n. The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the…
• n. An award or other expression or token of appreciation.
• n. An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
• n. A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received…
• n. (telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful…
• n. An owning as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
• n. (law) The act of a man admitting a child as his own.
• n. (law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or…

condolence

• n. (uncountable) Comfort, support or sympathy.
• n. (countable, usually in the plural) An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family…

pathos

• n. The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially…
• n. (rhetoric) A writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals involving the use of…
• n. (literature) An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character.
• n. (theology, philosophy) In theology and existentialist ethics following Kierkegaard and Heidegger, a deep…
• n. Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.

pity

• n. (uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
• n. (countable) Something regrettable.
• n. (obsolete) Piety.
• v. (transitive) To feel pity for (someone or something).
• v. (transitive, now regional) To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of.
• interj. Short form of what a pity.

ruth

• n. (archaic) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy.
• n. (now rare) Repentance; regret; remorse.
• n. (obsolete) Sorrow; misery; distress. 13th-19th c.
• n. (obsolete) Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight.

sympathy

• n. A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another; compassion.
• n. The ability to share the feelings of another.
• n. A mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
• n. Tendency towards or approval of the aims of a movement.