Synonyms for compassion
kəmˈpæʃ əncom·pas·sion

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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.

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

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

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

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1. compassion

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

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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Mercifulness
   • Sympathy

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. compassionnoun

   Synonyms:
   pity, commiseration, sympathy, tenderness, kindness, kindliness, clemency, fellow-feeling, bowels of compassion, melting mood

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1. compassionnoun

   Synonyms:
   pity, sympathy, commiseration, condolence mercy

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1. List of paraphrases for "compassion":

   sympathy, compassionate, caring, empathy, mercy, warm-heartedness, pity

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1. Julianne Hough:

   We have lovingly and carefully taken the time we have needed to arrive at our decision to separate, we share an abundance of love and respect for one another and will continue to lead with our hearts from that place. We kindly request your compassion and respect for our privacy moving forward.

2. Flavia Tomello Tsialas:

   CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Tsialas said Flavia Tomello Tsialas now hopes Flavia Tomello Tsialas sons death will inspire a cultural change at U.S.universities. I would like to see these deadly traditions and primitive practices be forever removed out of our colleges, so that hazing deaths do not occur in the future, i hope that this tragedy will force schools to create an environment for students to grow not only in knowledge, but also in love, inclusion and compassion.

3. President Bush:

   I think we’re a big enough nation to do more than one thing, to continue to fight against AIDS in the continent of Africa and to support the Ukrainian freedom fighters does not constrain our capacity to help our own citizens. I don’t understand why there’s any resistance to a program like PEPFAR unless we’ve lost our compassion.

4. President Maduro:

   I am watched 24 hours a day by armed guards, it was necessary for my parents to die of Covid for Cape Verdean authorities to have a drop of compassion and allow my sister to come and visit me so that we could cry their death together.

5. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Love, gratitude, compassion, and kindness are the sources of all enduring, pure happiness.