compassionateness (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *compassionateness*:
NOUN	feeling	compassionateness, compassion	a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering

English > *compassionateness*: 1 sense > noun 1, feeling
Meaning	A deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering.
Synonym	compassion
Narrower	heartstrings	Your deepest feelings of love and compassion
	mellowness	kindheartedness through maturity or old age
	mercifulness, mercy	The feeling that motivates compassion
	tenderness, tenderheartedness	warm / warm compassionate feelings
Broader	sympathy, fellow feeling	Sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
Spanish	compasión, piedad
Catalan	compassió
Adjectives	compassionate	showing or having compassion / compassion

HyperDic: compassionateness