commiseration
1.“They not unfrequently wonder why, from being born blind, they should be held to be objects of commiseration” (Benjamin C. Brodie).
2.All of those whom we visited, whether those in official positions or representatives of private groups, expressed understanding and commiseration regarding our inability to join the WHO.
3.Whether from commiseration for a woman of so miserable a destiny; or from the morbid curiosity that gives a fictitious value even to common or worthless things; or by whatever other intangible circumstance was then, as now, sufficient to bestow, on some persons, what others might seek in vain; or because Hester really filled a gap which must otherwise have remained vacant; it is certain that she had ready and fairly requited employment for as many hours as she saw fit to occupy with her needle.
