| picking up on(verb, expression, idiom, sympathize, commiserate) |
| pity(verb, sympathize) |
| sake |
| share sorrow(verb, expression, compassionate, sympathize, pity) |
| show compassion(expression, sympathize, pity) |
| show kindliness(verb, expression, sympathize, commiserate, emphathize) |
| show tenderness(verb, expression, sympathize, commiserate, emphathize) |
| side with(verb, expression, sympathize, commiserate, emphathize) |
| siding with(verb, expression, sympathize, commiserate, emphathize) |
| slack off on(expression, idiom, quit, relax, spare) |
| soften up on(expression, idiom, quit, relax, spare) |
| spare(quit, relax) |
| surrender(verb, yield, quit, concede, sympathize) |
| sympathize(verb, yield, surrender, quit, concede) |
| take a softer line(verb, expression, idiom, yield, surrender) |
| take it easy(expression, idiom, quit, relax, unwind) |
| tune in(verb, expression, sympathize, commiserate, emphathize) |
| tuned in(verb, expression, sympathize, commiserate, emphathize) |
| unwind(quit, relax) |
| whatever |