(1):
(n.) A reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be regretted.
(2):
(v. i.) To be compassionate; to show pity.
(3):
(n.) A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.
(4):
(v. t.) To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering.
(5):
(n.) Piety.
(6):
(v. t.) To move to pity; - used impersonally.