compassion
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
Types & categories
- fellow feeling hypernym
- heartstrings hyponym
- tenderheartedness hyponym
- mercifulness hyponym
Related & opposite
- pity derivation
- compassionate derivation
Sense 2 noun
the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
Types & categories
- mercifulness hypernym
Related & opposite
- pity derivation
- compassionate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pity |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | compassionate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fellow feeling |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heartstrings |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tenderheartedness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mercifulness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | compassionate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mercifulness |