compassionateness

English

Etymology

From compassionate +‎ -ness.

Noun

compassionateness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being compassionate.

   Synonym: compassion

   • 1661, Edward Burrough, A Just and Righteous Plea Presented unto the King of England, and His Council‎^[1], London: Robert Wilson:

     […] not as in any kind of harshness in my spirit towards you do I write, but in love and compassionateness to you and these Kingdoms.

   • 1876, George Eliot, chapter 7, in Daniel Deronda‎^[2], volume 1, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, page 133:

     […] but Gwendolen, instead of any such symptoms as pallor and silence, had only deepened the compassionateness of her brow and eyes,