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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Ruth

/(rṳth)/ · IPA /ɹuːθ/
01 n. Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness.
  1. 1.
    Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness.[Poetic]
    “To stir up gentle ruth, Both for her noble blood, and for her tender youth.” — Spenser.
  2. 2.
    That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful sight.[Obs.]
    “It had been hard this ruth for to see.” — Chaucer.
    “With wretched miseries and woeful ruth.” — Spenser.