take pity

take pity (on someone or an animal)

to feel sorry for someone or an animal. We took pity on the hungry people and gave them some hot food. She took pity on the little dog and brought it in to get warm.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mandeep	-	Indian (Sikh)
Sofia	zo-FEE-ah (German), so-FEE-ah (Italian), soo-FEE-ə (Portuguese), SO-fee-ah (Finnish)	Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Greek, Finnish, Estonian, Slovak, Romanian
Merritt	MER-it	English
Ashenden	['æʃndən]
Felicitas	fe-LEE-tsee-tahs (German)	German, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Debdas	-	Bengali