compassionateness

com·pas·sion·ate

 (kəm-păsh′ə-nĭt)

adj.

1. Feeling or showing compassion; sympathetic.

2. Granted to an individual because of an emergency or other unusual circumstances: compassionate military leave.

tr.v. (-nāt′) com·pas·sion·at·ed, com·pas·sion·at·ing, com·pas·sion·ates

To pity.

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com·pas′sion·ate·ly adv.

com·pas′sion·ate·ness n.

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Thesaurus

Noun

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compassionateness - a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering compassion heartstrings - your deepest feelings of love and compassion; "many adoption cases tug at the heartstrings" fellow feeling, sympathy - sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) tenderheartedness, tenderness - warm compassionate feelings mercifulness, mercy - the feeling that motivates compassion

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