"to regret, to pity" is Пожалеть in Russian.
Пожалеть means "to regret, to pity" in English.
Listen to the pronunciationWord #2979 of 4,000 by frequency in Russian — level B2.
Она пожалела бездомную собаку и забрала её домой.
She took pity on the stray dog and brought it home.