Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being compassionate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being compassionate.
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- noun The state or quality of being
compassionate .
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- noun a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
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Examples
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Perhaps the great compassionateness now visible in contemporary society will stand as the most palpable result of fifteen hundred years of Christian predominance in Europe.
CHRISTIANITY IN HISTORY HERBERT BUTTERFIELD 1968
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His compassionateness hath been the fountain of their deliverances.
Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost 1616-1683 1965
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Yea, we have both here together, — tender compassionateness and assistance.
Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost 1616-1683 1965
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There is to be a ready mind, a compassionateness of heart, and obedience unto the command of Christ in that particular.
Several Practical Cases of Conscience Resolved 1616-1683 1965
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So mention being made of his compassionateness and fellow-suffering with us,
Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost 1616-1683 1965
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Two things evidently manifest this compassionateness in Christ: — (1.)
Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost 1616-1683 1965
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Then with deliberate grace, Hilda rose from her chair, a tall figure among them, looking down with a hint of compassionateness on the little man at her left.
The Path of a Star Sara Jeannette Duncan
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Then, with deliberate grace, Hilda rose from her chair, a tall figure among them, looking down with a hint of compassionateness on the little man at her left.
Hilda A Story of Calcutta Sara Jeannette Duncan
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The Lord refines His disciples into compassionateness.
The Epistles of St. Peter 1817-1893 1910
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Althea had informed her of his status, seen him with some compassionateness.
Franklin Kane Anne Douglas Sedgwick 1904
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