Definizione monolingua

ruth

ruth (uncountable)

1. Sorrow; misery; grief.
2. That which brings ruth; cruel or barbarous conduct.
3. Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy; tenderness.
   • 1847, Currer Bell (Charlotte Brontë), Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, Chapter IV, 1859, New York, Harper & Brothers, page 14,

     […] under her light eyebrows glimmered an eye devoid of ruth ;

4. Repentance; regret; remorse; misery; distress.
   • 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XLIV, 2005, The Works of A. E. Housman [1994, The Collected Poems of A. E. Housman], page 61,

     Now to your grave shall friend and stranger / With ruth and some with envy come:

5. A pitiful sight; a pity.

Definizione dizionario ruth

compassione

pietà

Altri significati:

(archaic) A feeling of pity, compassion.

(archaic) Remorse, misery, distress.