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compassionateness

compassionateness noun: the state or quality of being compassionate.

Noun

compassionateness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being compassionate.
    • […] 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.1661, Edward Burrough, A Just and Righteous Plea Presented unto the King of England, and His Council, London: Robert Wilson
    • […] but Gwendolen, instead of any such symptoms as pallor and silence, had only deepened the compassionateness of her brow and eyes,1876, George Eliot, chapter 7, in Daniel Deronda, volume 1, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, page 133
    Synonyms:
    compassion

Synonyms of compassionateness

Origin of compassionateness

From compassionate + -ness.

Questions about compassionateness

What does compassionateness mean?
Compassionateness means the state or quality of being compassionate.
What part of speech is compassionateness?
Compassionateness is a noun.

Words near compassionateness in the dictionary

  1. compassionate leave
  2. compassionate use
  3. compassionate uses
  4. compassionated
  5. compassionately
  6. compassionateness
  7. compassionater
  8. compassionaters
  9. compassionates
  10. compassionateth
  11. compassionating

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