noun as in strong fondness

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compassion, sympathy, clemency

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Example Sentences

Example:The nurse had a compassionate heart, always showing ruthfulness to her patients.

Definition:A sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it.

From compassion

Example:They felt a deeper sympathy and a kind of ruthfulness for the afflicted community.

Definition:Congenital capacity to understand another person’s feelings and share such emotions (of sorrow or pleasure or pain).

From sympathy

Example:The judge displayed clemency and ruthfulness in sentencing the first-time offender.

Definition:A disposition to show mercy; forgiveness of wrongs and offenses.

From clemency