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pathos: a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation"; a style that has the power to evoke feelings

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self-pity collapse: a feeling of sorrow (often self-indulgent) over your own sufferings

ruth collapse: a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died; the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament; United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)

mournfulness collapse: a state of gloomy sorrow

condolence collapse: an expression of sympathy with another's grief; "they sent their condolences"

heavy heart collapse

bathos collapse: triteness or triviality of style

clemency collapse: leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; "he threw himself on the mercy of the court"

lamentation collapse: the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief

sentimentality collapse: extravagant or affected feeling or emotion

vibes collapse

forgiveness collapse: the act of excusing a mistake or offense; compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive

joylessness collapse: a feeling of dismal cheerlessness

compassion collapse: the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it; a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering

mercy collapse: alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed; "distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy"; something for which to be thankful; "it was a mercy we got out alive"

poignancy collapse

vibration collapse: the act of vibrating; a distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively; "that place gave me bad vibrations"

discomfort collapse: an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress; the state of being tense and feeling pain

sadness collapse: emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being; the state of being sad; "she tired of his perpetual sadness"

pardon collapse: a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense; grant a pardon to; "Ford pardoned Nixon"; "The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President"

chord collapse: a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together; a straight line connecting two points on a curve; play chords on (a string instrument)

empathy collapse: understanding and entering into another's feelings

humanity collapse: the quality of being humane

reprieve collapse: the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment; a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence); a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort; relieve temporarily; postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

kindness collapse: a kind act; the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic

forbearance collapse: a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was alarming"

sharing collapse: a distribution in shares; having in common; "the sharing of electrons creates molecules"; using or enjoying something jointly with others; unselfishly willing to share with others; "a warm and sharing friend"; sharing equally with another or others

leniency collapse

benevolence collapse: an act intending or showing kindness and good will; an inclination to do kind or charitable acts; disposition to do good

grief collapse: something that causes great unhappiness; "her death was a great grief to John"; intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

identification collapse: the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons); evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing; the condition of having your identity established; "the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest"

involvement collapse: a connection of inclusion or containment; "he escaped involvement in the accident"; "there was additional involvement of the liver and spleen"

mitigation collapse

fellow feeling collapse

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