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compassion
noun as in tender feeling
Strongest matches
benevolence, empathy, grace, humanity, kindness, mercy, sorrow, sympathy, tenderness
Strong matches
charity, clemency, commiseration, compunction, condolence, consideration, heart, humaneness, lenity, softheartedness, softness, tenderheartedness, yearning
Weak match
Example Sentences
The Odo commandment “do not despair of death” reads on the surface like compassion — acceptance of loss is something everyone, including Faruq, needs to manage.
Carol still displayed her compassion right up until the moment she answered the door to you on 9 July.
Carney praised his predecessor's "strength and compassion as a fighter for Canada".
"We are worth investment and compassion and respect," she said.
She said the staff had given her "compassion, time and space to share and talk about my experience of a very challenging treatment pathway", which she called "an awful lot to process mentally and emotionally".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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