Compassion and Hardness

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

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Hardness is an antonym for compassion.

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

Hardness noun - Something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal.

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Compassion is an antonym for hardness.

Nearby Words: hard, harden

emotional	emotional compassion	emotional hardness
high	high compassion	high hardness
sheer	sheer compassion	sheer hardness
actual	actual compassion	actual hardness
Other adjectives: inherent, general.

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