- compassion, compassionateness - a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
--1 is a kind of sympathy, fellow feeling
--1 has particulars:heartstrings; tenderness, tenderheartedness; mercifulness, mercy Derived form: verb compassionate1 - compassion, pity - the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
--2 is a kind of mercifulness, mercy
Derived form: verb compassionate1