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benignancy - 3 thesaurus results
Main Entry: benignancy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: benevolence
Synonyms: altruism, beneficence, benignity, big-heartedness, charitableness, charity, generosity, goodness, goodwill, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, philanthropy, graciousness, humanitarianism
Main Entry: mercy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: kindness, compassion
Synonyms: benevolence, blessing, boon, charity, clemency, commiseration, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, generosity, gentleness, godsend, goodwill, grace, humanity, leniency, luck, mildness, pity, quarter, relief, ruth, sympathy, tenderness, tolerance, benignancy, kindliness, lenience, lenity, lifesaver, softheartedness
Antonyms: cruelty, intolerance, meanness, uncompassion
Main Entry: sympathy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: shared feeling
Synonyms: accord, affinity, agreement, alliance, attraction, commiseration, compassion, concord, connection, correspondence, empathy, fellow feeling, harmony, heart, kindness, rapport, sensitivity, tenderness, understanding, union, unity, warmth, benignancy, close relation, congeniality, feelings, kindliness, mutual attraction, mutual fondness, responsiveness, warmheartedness
Notes: condolence and sympathy are parallel formations going back to Latin condolere and Greek sumpatheia, meaning 'together-suffering'
empathy denotes a deep emotional understanding of another's feelings or problems, while sympathy is more general and can apply to small annoyances or setbacks
sympathy means the stimulation in a person of feelings that are similar in kind to those that affect another person; empathy means a mental or affective projection into the feelings or state of mind of another person
Antonyms: disdain, incompatibility, indifference
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