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noun
The state or quality of being compassionate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: compassion
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: compassion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sympathy, fellow feeling
Narrower terms: heartstrings, tenderness, tenderheartedness, mercifulness, mercy
History
Etymology tree English compassionate Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English compassionateness From compassionate + -ness.
