Meaning of COMPASSIONATENESS

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
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	Synonyms:		compassion
	See Also:		fellow feeling, mercifulness, mercy, sympathy, tenderheartedness, tenderness
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
	Definition:		\Com*pas"sion*ate*ness\, n. The quality or state of being compassionate.