"ruth" meaning in English

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      "word": "ruthless"
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      "expansion": "reuthe",
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        "3": "hrygð"
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        "4": "ruth, sorrow"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English reuþe, ruthe, reuthe, rewthe, reowthe, corresponding to rue + -th, perhaps after early Scandinavian (compare Old Norse hrygð, hryggð (“ruth, sorrow”)).",
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    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2011, Turisas (Mathias Nygård), Hunting Pirates\nScum they are! —Foe of mankind!\nClear the sea! —Show no ruth!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy."
      ],
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          "pity",
          "pity"
        ],
        [
          "compassion",
          "compassion"
        ],
        [
          "mercy",
          "mercy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XLIV, 2005, The Works of A. E. Housman [1994, The Collected Poems of A. E. Housman], page 61,\nNow to your grave shall friend and stranger\nWith ruth and some with envy come […]."
        },
        {
          "text": "~1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fall of Arthur\nHe mourned too late\nIn ruth for the rending of the Round Table."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Repentance; regret; remorse."
      ],
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          "repentance"
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        [
          "regret",
          "regret"
        ],
        [
          "remorse",
          "remorse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare) Repentance; regret; remorse."
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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        "Sorrow; misery; distress."
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          "misery",
          "misery"
        ],
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          "distress",
          "distress"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Sorrow; misery; distress."
      ],
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        "Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight."
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        "(obsolete) Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight."
      ],
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    },
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    {
      "word": "ruthful"
    },
    {
      "word": "ruthless"
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    {
      "word": "unruth"
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        "4": "ruth, sorrow"
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        {
          "text": "2011, Turisas (Mathias Nygård), Hunting Pirates\nScum they are! —Foe of mankind!\nClear the sea! —Show no ruth!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy."
      ],
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        "(archaic) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy."
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        },
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          "text": "~1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fall of Arthur\nHe mourned too late\nIn ruth for the rending of the Round Table."
        }
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        "Repentance; regret; remorse."
      ],
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          "regret",
          "regret"
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        "(now rare) Repentance; regret; remorse."
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "Sorrow; misery; distress."
      ],
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        "(obsolete) Sorrow; misery; distress."
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        "Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight."
      ],
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        "(obsolete) Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight."
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    },
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