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English noun: compassion

1. compassion (feeling) a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering


Synonymscompassionateness


Broader (hypernym)fellow feeling, sympathy


Narrower (hyponym)heartstrings, mercifulness, mercy, tenderheartedness, tenderness

2. compassion (attribute) the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it


Synonymspity


Broader (hypernym)mercifulness, mercy









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