Antonyms for compassion
kəmˈpæʃ əncom·pas·sion

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. compassionnoun

   Synonyms:
   ruth, mercy, kindness, sorrow, empathy, tenderheartedness, heart, pity

2. compassionnoun

   Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it

   Synonyms:
   tenderheartedness, empathy, pity, mercy, ruth, sorrow, kindness, heart

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. compassion

   Mercy is the exercise of less severity than one deserves, or in a more extended sense, the granting of kindness or favor beyond what one may rightly claim. Grace is favor, kindness, or blessing shown to the undeserving; forgiveness, mercy, and pardon are exercised toward the ill-deserving. Pardon remits the outward penalty which the offender deserves; forgiveness dismisses resentment or displeasure from the heart of the one offended; mercy seeks the highest possible good of the offender. There may be mercy without pardon, as in the mitigation of sentence, or in all possible alleviation of necessary severity; there may be cases where pardon would not be mercy, since it would encourage to repetition of the offense, from which timely punishment might have saved. Mercy is also used in the wider sense of refraining from harshness or cruelty toward those who are in one's power without fault of their own; as, they besought the robber to have mercy. Clemency is a colder word than mercy, and without its religious associations, signifying mildness and moderation in the use of power where severity would have legal or military, rather than moral sanction; it often denotes a habitual mildness of disposition on the part of the powerful, and is matter rather of good nature or policy than of principle. Leniency or lenity denotes an easy-going avoidance of severity; these words are more general and less magisterial than clemency; we should speak of the leniency of a parent, the clemency of a conqueror. Compare PITY.

   Antonyms:
   cruelty, hardness, harshness, implacability, justice, penalty, punishment, revenge, rigor, severity, sternness, vengeance

   Synonyms:
   benevolence, benignity, blessing, clemency, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, gentleness, grace, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, mercy, mildness, pardon, pardon, pity, tenderness

   Preposition:
   The mercy of God to or toward sinners; have mercy on or upon one.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. compassion

   Antonyms:
   hardheartedness, unforgiveness, cruelty, antipathy, denunciation, condemnation, vindictiveness, retaliation

   Synonyms:
   pity, sympathy, condolence, tenderness, fellow-feeling, commiseration, pardon

Matched Categories

1. • Mercifulness
   • Sympathy

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. compassion, compassionatenessnoun

   a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering

   Synonyms:
   compassionateness, pity

2. compassion, pitynoun

   the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it

   Synonyms:
   shame, commiseration, pathos, compassionateness, pity, ruth

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. compassionnoun

   Synonyms:
   pity, sympathy, commiseration, condolence mercy

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. self-pity

   the ability to understand the suffering of others

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

How to use compassion in a sentence?

1. Goa Kerle:

   Don 't put mediocrity, insensitivity and tradition before sound reason and compassion.

2. Kat West:

   Monning said. Compassion Choices, an assisted suicide advocacy group that pushed for the law, recently launched a bilingual campaign, a speaker's bureau and a free hotline for people who want more information. The group also has a confidential consultation program for doctors. The organization is sending out volunteers to saturate the state and get the word out, said Kat West, its national director of policy and programs. But there is a lot of work ahead, it is one thing to pass a law.

3. Robert Isom:

   Every worker at Elmhurst has seen and experienced challenges many of us can not imagine. They've given so much of themselves and chose to serve their community with care, compassion and equity for every patient, when they are able to take a break, we hope the time away will help them and their loved ones recharge and that they feel our deepest appreciation for their sacrifice and heroism.

4. Charlie Baker:

   I heard what the President said today about dominating and fighting. I know I should be surprised when I hear incendiary words like this from him, but I'm not, at so many times during these past several weeks when the country needed compassion and leadership the most, it was simply nowhere to be found.

5. Farrokh Sekaleshfar:

   Death is the sentence. There’s nothing to be embarrassed about this. Death is the sentence, we have to have that compassion for people. With homosexuals, it’s the same. Out of compassion, let’s get rid of them now.

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