Point sympathy out as goodness (5)
I believe the answer is:
piety
'goodness' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'point sympathy out' is the wordplay.
'point' becomes 'E' (E is an example).
'sympathy' becomes 'pity' (pity is a kind of sympathy).
'out' indicates putting letters inside.
'e' placed into 'pity' is 'PIETY'.
'as' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for piety that I've seen before include "Dutiful devotion" , "Reverence for a god" , "Quality of being religious" , "Spirituality" , "Holiness" .)