Pity (10)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">pity</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that pity can be written as shame)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for shame that I've seen before include "Regrettable thing" , "Disgrace, ignominy" , "pity!" , "show up" , "Feeling of humiliation" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">pity</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that pity can be written as compassion)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for compassion that I've seen before include "Kindness" , "Fellow-feeling" , "Sympathy for another's suffering" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">pity</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(as opposed to ruthlessness)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for ruth that I've seen before include "Girl's name and Old Testament Book" , "See 17 Down" , "OT female, book about her" , "Girl's name - compassion" , "Pity - grief - Old Testament book" .)