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noun
The state or condition of being ruthful; sorrowfulness; contrition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Mercifulness; pity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
a state of gloomy sorrow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mournfulness, sorrowfulness
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Broader terms: sorrow
Narrower terms: woe, woefulness, plaintiveness
History
From Middle English *reowthfulnesse, equivalent to ruthful + -ness.
