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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
Mina’s father flouted strictures; Sade’s mother subjugated herself to them — that is, until Sade went to jail on a serious felony and compassion for her daughter awakened her long-dormant maternal loyalty.
He explained that if a person was carrying around a lot of internalized shame, psychedelics may be able to increase the compassion they have for themselves or change their perspective on their past experiences.
“Still, it is the roaring thing that tugs away from the very shores we clutch. There is no better compass than this compassion.”
"It's most important that discussions about autism are grounded in science, compassion and most importantly the living experiences of people with autism themselves," he said.
The current Israeli President, Isaac Herzog, did publish an eloquent and heartfelt tribute to Pope Francis in the hours after his death, describing him as a man of deep faith and boundless compassion.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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