Another word for fellow-feeling

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Noun

empathy
The ability to identify with or understand another's situation or feelings:
The attribution of one's own feelings to an object:

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1. The ability to identify with or understand another's situation or feelings:
2. The attribution of one's own feelings to an object:
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sympathy
A feeling of pity or sorrow for the distress of another; commiseration.
An expression of such feeling:
Mutual understanding or feeling between people:

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1. A feeling of pity or sorrow for the distress of another; commiseration.
2. An expression of such feeling:
3. Mutual understanding or feeling between people:
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compassion
Deep awareness of the suffering of another accompanied by the wish to relieve it.

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1. Deep awareness of the suffering of another accompanied by the wish to relieve it.
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understanding
The ability by which one understands; intelligence:
The quality or condition of one who understands; comprehension:
Individual or specified judgment or outlook; opinion:

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1. The ability by which one understands; intelligence:
2. The quality or condition of one who understands; comprehension:
3. Individual or specified judgment or outlook; opinion:
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