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Synonyms for compassion
kəmˈpæʃ əncom·pas·sion

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Wiktionary5.0 / 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 Antonyms2.0 / 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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 3 votes

  1. compassion

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

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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 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

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. compassionnoun

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.0 / 2 votes

  1. compassionnoun

    Synonyms:
    pity, sympathy, commiseration, condolence mercy

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "compassion":

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

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How to use compassion in a sentence?

  1. Qasim Rashid:

    There have been immense atrocities and horrific violence committed against American Muslims because of 9/11. We saw things like the Patriot Act, the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, and Guantanamo Bay and the indefinite detention of people without due process of law, i knew I had to do something to create the kind of country I thought America should be ; one based on justice and compassion.

  2. Kathleen Rice:

    You said you waited to give direction on how to implement the zero-tolerance policybecause you wanted to do it with compassion, do you know how outrageous that sounds?

  3. purvi raniga:

    Christmas and new year is time that brings new hopes for life. Welcome new year with inner awakening of love, hope, kindness and compassion.

  4. Gal Gadot:

    I think mainly Zack had a very clear idea of the Wonder Woman he wanted to bring to the big screen, and I had to embody everything he wanted me to be, give my own notes, my own input, and just go for it, for me, Wonder Woman is just such an amazing character: She's all about love and justice and truth and compassion and equality, and I didn't want her to be too polished. I didn't want her to be too perfect. I wanted people, men and women, to be inspired by her and to be able to relate to her, and I wanted to make her muddier, dirtier, to give her some edge, give her some attitude, and I think we were able to do it.

  5. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

    Forgiveness, compassion, and kindness are the fundamental ingredients of our beloved humanity.


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