compassioning

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noun

An act of bestowing compassion.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of compassion
nouncompassioning (plural compassionings)

plural compassionings

  1. An act of bestowing compassion.

    The Home Nurse who, from Christian principle, patiently and unmurmuringly endures the so-often ungracious observations, the supercilious compassionings, the idle, peevish complaints […]

    1863, Esther Le Hardy, The Home Nurse and Manual for the Sickroom, page 203
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compassioning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compassioning

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“compassioning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compassioning. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compassioning,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compassioning.

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