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(n)
The state or quality of being compassionate.
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(uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
(adj)
Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).
The act of one who cares.
A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
The state of being kind.
Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.
The quality of being warm-hearted.
(countable, usually in the plural) An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.
(uncountable) Disposition to do good.
(uncountable) Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate.
The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.
The state of being gentle.
A feeling of love or strong attachment.
That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.
The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
(uncountable) A deep caring for the existence of another.
(uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.
(uncountable) Humankind; human beings as a group.
(uncountable, religion) Reverence and devotion to God.
(archaic) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy.
Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
Close attention; concern; responsibility.
Regard for others, both natural and moral without regard for oneself; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness.
The quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case.
(uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.
A tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings.
Alternative form of fellow feeling. [A sense of sympathy for, consideration of, or shared interests with one or more other human beings.]
A favorably disposed attitude toward someone or something.
The act of commiserating; sorrow for the hardships or afflictions of another; pity; compassion.
The state or condition of being softhearted; sentimental tenderness.
(Buddhism, psychology) Paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally.
The quality or degree of being sensitive.
(psychology) The habit of positioning oneself as a victim or martyr so as to elicit sympathy from others.
That in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; interest.
(philosophy of religion, rare) The supposed faculty that causes its possessors to yearn to commune with the “All” of existence.
(parapsychology, science fiction) The paranormal ability to sense the emotions of others; empathy.
An increase of concerned awareness, especially of some social or political issue.
Synonym of vicarious embarrassment.
The awareness of one's awareness.
A deep love that is experienced through the souls of the lovers.
Observation with understanding.
(v)
(heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
In Mahayana Buddhism, the intense ontological aspiration to save all beings by following the bodhisattva path to enlightenment.
The seeking out of care for oneself.
The concept of all things having sentience.
(Buddhism) perception, cognition, conceptualization.
(Buddhism) mindfulness, as in anapanasati; a state of mind in meditation
The state of being profound; magnitude, gravity, or intensity.
An awareness of environmental issues.
(religion, philosophy) The presence of sensory awareness in all things, or the doctrine that sensory awareness is universal.
The quality of being immediate, of happening right away.
An awareness of things on the edge of one's consciousness that are only brought into focus under certain circumstances.
A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
(Buddhism) In the Zen tradition, an awareness of reality that transcends the merely personal or subjective.
The act of immersing or the condition of being immersed.
Feelings (sentiment) about one's feelings (uncountable); a feeling about them (countable).
awareness of one's own body
soul-searching
The ethical or moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects a person’s own behaviour and forms their attitude to their past actions.
Feeling or sense of anything; the state of being deeply affected by anything.
The language these people speak.
Alternative form of meta-awareness. [The awareness of one's awareness.]
Knowing perplexity, knowing the extent of one's wisdom.
Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
The state of being introspective.
Shyness; a feeling of unease in social situations.
The capability for rational thought.
The spiritual process of focusing on one's shared connection with a loved one.
Involving probing introspection, or a critical consideration of one's conscience, especially motives and values.
Peace of mind.
(uncountable, Zen Buddhism) A sudden inexpressible feeling of spiritual awakening or enlightenment, the result of meditation and study.
Emotion; impression.
Power of acute observation and deduction
Comprehension of one's own purported innate knowledge.
A fundamental change of mind.
Notice or awareness.
Focused awareness of one's own mental processes in order to correct undesirable behaviours.
(Buddhism) Dismay at the futility of life as normally lived; a sense of urgency to escape the cycle of samsara and achieve nirvana.
The act of observing, and the fact of being observed (see observance)
Caution, watchfulness, or vigilance fueled by such awareness.
The state or property of being self-aware; state of being aware of oneself as an individual.
The belief that human beings are fundamentally different from everything else in nature and that the world was made for them.
Alternative form of peace that passeth understanding. [(set phrase) Spiritual enlightenment; religious salvation.]
The practice of focusing concern and effort on the needs of the self.
A viewpoint or theory that places sentient beings at the center of something, giving preference to sentient beings above all other considerations.
Alert watchfulness.
Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
(science fiction) Someone able to sense the emotions of others through extrasensory perception; an empath.