Compassion
Compassion noun - Sorrow or the capacity to feel sorrow for another's suffering or misfortune.
Lenity is a synonym for compassion in tender feeling topic. In some cases you can use "Lenity" instead a noun "Compassion".
Lenity
Lenity noun - Kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it.
Usage example: a social critic who argues that judicial lenity is chiefly to blame for the increased criminality that plagues us
Compassion is a synonym for lenity in grace topic. You can use "Compassion" instead a noun "Lenity", if it concerns topics such as tolerance.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- grace and compassion
- grace and lenity
- kindness and compassion
- kindness and lenity
- benevolence and compassion
- benevolence and lenity
- sympathy and compassion
- sympathy and lenity
- humanity and compassion
- humanity and lenity
- tenderness and compassion
- tenderness and lenity
- understanding and compassion
- understanding and lenity
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Lenity and Compassion. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compassion/lenity
Compassion & Lenity. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/compassion/lenity>.
Lenity or Compassion. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compassion/lenity.
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