compassionateness

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English

Etymology

From compassionate +‎ -ness.

Noun

compassionateness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being compassionate.
    Synonym: compassion
    • 1661, Edward Burrough, A Just and Righteous Plea Presented unto the King of England, and His Council, London: Robert Wilson:
      [] not as in any kind of harshness in my spirit towards you do I write, but in love and compassionateness to you and these Kingdoms.
    • 1876, George Eliot, chapter 7, in Daniel Deronda, volume 1, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, page 133:
      [] but Gwendolen, instead of any such symptoms as pallor and silence, had only deepened the compassionateness of her brow and eyes,