compassionateness

com·pas·sion·ate

C0524800 (kəm-păsh′ə-nĭt)adj.1. Feeling or showing compassion; sympathetic.2. Granted to an individual because of an emergency or other unusual circumstances: compassionate military leave.tr.v. (-nāt′) com·pas·sion·at·ed, com·pas·sion·at·ing, com·pas·sion·ates To pity.

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com·pas′sion·ate·ly adv.com·pas′sion·ate·ness n.

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Noun

1.compassionateness - a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's sufferingcompassionheartstrings - your deepest feelings of love and compassion; "many adoption cases tug at the heartstrings"fellow feeling, sympathy - sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)tenderheartedness, tenderness - warm compassionate feelingsmercifulness, mercy - the feeling that motivates compassion