Not Ruthless But Ruth

Ruth

PRONUNCIATION:

(rooth) 

MEANING:

noun:
1. Compassion.
2. Contrition.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Middle English ruthe, from ruen (to rue). Earliest documented use: 1200. The common affixed form is ruthless.

USAGE:

“Gerda [feared] that her daughter, showing no ruth, might hurt others beyond repair.”
Lella Warren; Foundation Stone; Knopf; 1940.