pity

After recalling his “pity party” and how he left it to his wife Pauletta to help carry out his Oscars voting duties, the “Malcom X” star said, “wine was my thing.”

Albin’s epiphany in “I Am What I Am” is simple yet profound: He wants neither praise nor pity, but only to be seen as his “own special creation.”

And they don't want your pity, the researchers said.

From a distance, I stared with a mix of pity and disgust.

Fanning the flames for many more paragraphs, Peyser closes with, "I pity her."