Favor and Pity

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Favor noun - An act of kind assistance.

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Pity and favor are semantically related In some cases you can use "Pity" instead a noun "Favor".

Nearby Words: favored, favoring, favorer

Pity noun - A regrettable or blameworthy act.

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Favor and pity are semantically related in feeling of mercy toward another topic. Sometimes you can use "Favor" instead a noun "Pity".

Nearby Words: pitiful, pitiable, pitying, pitifully, pitied

Or maybe this was the orc she saved years ago repaying the favor, he was once a human and feels pity, or he's lonely and wants a companion.

Source: Why Isn't It Attacking?
In Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files novel Small Favor, Harry is angry with Michael's pity partly because he can tell that Michael thinks he's deluded, and he knows he's not.

Source: Don't You Dare Pity Me!
One episode of Family Matters has Laura go out on a pity date with Village Idiot Waldo Faldo, in favor of going on one with Urkel.

Source: Because You Can Cope

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