Compassion and Wantonness

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

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Wantonness is an antonym for compassion.

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

Wantonness noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.

Usage example: the barbaric wantonness with which the guards treated the prisoners of war

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Compassion is an antonym for wantonness.

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Wantonness and Compassion. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compassion/wantonness

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