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Noun pity has 3 senses

commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos - a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"
--₁ is a kind of sympathy, fellow feeling

Derived form: verb pity₁
pity, shame - an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it"
--₂ is a kind of misfortune, bad luck
compassion, pity - the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
--₃ is a kind of mercifulness, mercy

Derived form: verb pity₁

Verb pity has 1 sense

feel for, pity, compassionate, condole with, sympathize with - share the suffering of
--₁ is one way to grieve, sorrow

Derived forms: noun pity₃, noun pity₁
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot pity Sue