Compassion and Spite

Opposite meaning words

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

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Spite is an antonym for compassion.

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

Spite noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

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Compassion is an antonym for spite in malice topic.

Nearby Words: spiteful, spitefully, spiting

human	human compassion	human spite
pure	pure compassion	pure spite
genuine	genuine compassion	genuine spite
sheer	sheer compassion	sheer spite
Other adjectives: simple, bigoted, actual, general, growing.

He declares that in spite of Japan's superior military might, their compassion is a sentimental weakness that can be exploited.

Source: Virtue Is Weakness
Avatar: The Last Airbender: War Is Hell, and forgiveness, love, friendship and compassion win out over spite, hatred and fear in the end.

Source: Central Theme / Western Animation

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