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Ruth

Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness.

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Sympathy 76% connected

Feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if…

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Piteous 74% connected

Pious; devout.

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Piteous 74% connected

Pious; devout.

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Commiseration 92% connected

The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pathos 92% connected

That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as p…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pity 92% connected

Piety.

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Allocution noun · 78% connection

(rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts

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Exordium noun · 78% connection

(rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse

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Narration noun · 78% connection

(rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth

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Parenesis noun · 78% connection

(rhetoric) exhortation; admonition.; "In Deuteronomy it is often impossible to separate parenesis from history."

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Peroration noun · 78% connection

(rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration; "he summarized his main points in his peroration"

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Ploce noun · 78% connection

(rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning

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Tapinosis noun · 78% connection

(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits.; "The last and perhaps t…

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Counterargument noun · 78% connection

an argument offered in opposition to another argument

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Rhetorical device noun · 78% connection

a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)

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Rhetorical question noun · 78% connection

a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered; "he liked to make his points with rhetorical que…

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Analogy noun · 78% connection

the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greate…

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Anaphora noun · 78% connection

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

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Antithesis noun · 78% connection

exact opposite; "his theory is the antithesis of mine"

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Chiasmus noun · 78% connection

inversion in the second of two parallel phrases

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Correspondence noun · 78% connection

similarity by virtue of corresponding

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Doctrine of analogy noun · 78% connection

the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greate…

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Epanaphora noun · 78% connection

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

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Epiphora noun · 78% connection

repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.

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Accurse verb · 78% connection

To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sorrow, misery, pity, tenderness.
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Accurst p. p. & a. · 78% connection

Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to be under the curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly hateful; -- as, a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sorrow, misery, pity, tenderness.
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Aggravation noun · 78% connection

An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sorrow, misery, pity, tenderness.
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Alas interj. · 78% connection

An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the da…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sorrow, misery, pity, tenderness.
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Bale noun · 78% connection

Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sorrow, misery, pity, tenderness.
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Bemoan verb · 78% connection

To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sorrow, misery, pity, tenderness.
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Bowel noun · 78% connection

The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sorrow, misery, pity, tenderness.
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Calamitous adjective · 78% connection

Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sorrow, misery, pity, tenderness.
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Calamity noun · 78% connection

Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communiti…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sorrow, misery, pity, tenderness.
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Commiserate verb · 78% connection

To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sorrow, misery, pity, tenderness.
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Compassion noun · 78% connection

Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sorrow, misery, pity, tenderness.
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Conscience noun · 78% connection

Tenderness of feeling; pity.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sorrow, misery, pity, tenderness.
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