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Meaning:

Noun:

  • archaic A feeling of pity, compassion.
  • archaic Remorse, misery, distress.

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Proper noun:

  • A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
  • biblical character Ruth the Moabite, around whom the text centers.
  • female|from=Hebrew, rarely used by non-Jews in the Middle Ages. Taken into regular use by Puritans .

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