ruth

noun

1. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy.

   “It was my fortune to be at Rome, upon a day that one Catena, a notorious high-way theefe, was executed: at his strangling no man of the companie seemed to be mooved to any ruth[…].”

   “[…]under her light eyebrows glimmered an eye devoid of ruth[…].”

   “2011, Turisas (Mathias Nygård), Hunting Pirates Scum they are! —Foe of mankind! Clear the sea! —Show no ruth!”

2. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Repentance; regret; remorse.

   “1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XLIV, 2005, The Works of A. E. Housman [1994, The Collected Poems of A. E. Housman], page 61, Now to your grave shall friend and stranger With ruth and some with envy come […].”

   “~1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fall of Arthur He mourned too late In ruth for the rending of the Round Table.”

3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Sorrow; misery; distress.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight.

name

1. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
2. The resident of Moab around whom the text centers.

   “And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.”

3. A female given name from Hebrew.

   “Her face hardened. "I despise pity." "In spite of your name? Ruth is your name, isn't it? Piquant that. Ruth the ruthless."”

   “He pictured the woman as dark and Biblical, because of her name: Ruth. Shadowed eyes and creamy skin. Torrents of loose black hair.”

4. A census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States.
5. A census-designated place in Trinity County, California, United States.