have pity on

Synonyms

let-off

Antonyms

plug liquidate extirpate finish off bump off culling
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Examples

Have pity on those who are fearful of taking up a pen, or a paintbrush, or an instrument, or a tool because they are afraid that someone has already done so better than they could... Paulo Coelho

Sire, have pity on the Spanish infantry, which, for lack of pay and out of sheer starvation, is scouring the low country round, plundering the peasantry in mere need of food. These disorders I cannot repress, much less can I punish them, for necessity has no law. William the Silent

Have pity on our foolishness And give us eyes, that we may see Beneath the shopman's clumsy dress The splendor of humanity! Joyce Kilmer

Words in the phrase

have pity on

Close letter words and terms

have people round have perforated have permission to have place have platonic feelings for have platonic love