compassion
1. a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
compassionateness
• Derivationally related forms:
compassionate (for: compassionateness), compassionate
• Hypernyms:
sympathy, fellow feeling
• Hyponyms:
heartstrings, tenderness, tenderheartedness, mercifulness, mercy
2. the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
pity
• Derivationally related forms:
pity (for: pity), compassionate
• Hypernyms:
mercifulness, mercy
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