noun
- compassion or pity for the misfortunes of others
Usage: archaic or literary
Examples
- The old king showed ruth for the suffering peasants.
- Without ruth, he cast out the beggars from his land.
- Her heart was filled with ruth at the sight of the orphaned children.
- The judge’s ruth led him to reduce the harsh sentence.
- In medieval literature, knights were expected to show ruth to the defeated.