piety.-a feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.-a reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be regretted.-to feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering.-to move to pity; -- used impersonally.-to be compassionate; to show pity.