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COMPASSIONATENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
Synonyms:
compassion; compassionateness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("compassionateness" is a kind of...):
fellow feeling; sympathy (sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compassionateness"):
heartstrings (your deepest feelings of love and compassion)
mellowness (a feeling of good humor and sympathy through maturity or intoxication or a relaxed state)
tenderheartedness; tenderness (warm compassionate feelings)
mercifulness; mercy (the feeling that motivates compassion)
Derivation:
compassionate (showing or having compassion)
