Meanings
- uncountableThe state or quality of being compassionate.
[…] but Gwendolen, instead of any such symptoms as pallor and silence, had only deepened the compassionateness of her brow and eyes,
1876, George Eliot, chapter 7, in Daniel Deronda, volume 1, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, page 1331 more example
[…] not as in any kind of harshness in my spirit towards you do I write, but in love and compassionateness to you and these Kingdoms.
1661, Edward Burrough, A Just and Righteous Plea Presented unto the King of England, and His Council, London: Robert WilsonSynonyms: compassion
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or quality of being compassionate.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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