Exact Match:
- ruth
- 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)
Synonyms:
- attrition,
- benevolence,
- clemency,
- commiseration,
- compassion,
- compunction,
- condolence,
- contrition,
- favor,
- feeling,
- forbearance,
- forgiveness,
- grace,
- humanity,
- kindness,
- leniency,
- mercy,
- mitigation,
- pardon,
- pathos,
- penance,
- penitently,
- pity,
- quarter,
- relief,
- remorse,
- remorsefulness,
- repentance,
- reprieve,
- rue,
- self-pity,
- sympathy