Compassion and Emotion

Compassion

Compassion noun - Sorrow or the capacity to feel sorrow for another's suffering or misfortune.

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Emotion and compassion are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Emotion" instead a noun "Compassion".

Nearby Words: compass, compassionate, compassed, compassionately, compassing

Emotion noun - Depth of feeling.

Usage example: the emotion that the singer is able to instill in “Amazing Grace” is truly stirring

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Compassion and emotion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compassion" instead a noun "Emotion".

human	human compassion	human emotion
good	good compassion	good emotion
high	high compassion	high emotion
pure	pure compassion	pure emotion
Other adjectives: common, free, considerable, true, genuine, honest, sheer, deep, obvious, strong, actual, real, great, little, subtle, heartfelt, general, able, deeper.

While her most trusted knights believed she was a good king, her apparent lack of emotion and compassion alienated most of her subjects and resulted in multiple civil wars.

Source: The Caligula
And in women, emotion and compassion die, turning them into fairy-tale witches.

Source: All Trolls Are Different
They're Social Darwinist Evilutionary Biologists who believe that only the strong and smart have the right to exist, scorn human emotion and compassion, and feel that any activity that has nothing to do with climbing up the social ladder is useless.

Source: Fanfic / The Crimson Garment

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