noun (n)

• United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)(noun.person)

  Synonym:
  babe ruth, george herman ruth, sultan of swat
  

  source: wordnet30
• the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament(noun.person)

  source: wordnet30
• a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others(noun.feeling)

  Synonym:
  commiseration, pathos, pity
  

  source: wordnet30
• a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  book of ruth
  

  source: wordnet30
• Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness.(noun)

  source: webster1913