9
clemency(noun, feeling, understanding, kindness, sympathy)
9
grace(noun, feeling, understanding, kindness, sympathy)
9
empathy(noun, feeling, understanding, concern, impression)
8
bleed for(verb, expression, phrasal verb, agree, feelings)
8
condolence(noun, support, feeling, understanding, relief)
8
ache(verb, agree, experience, informal, feelings)
8
comfort(noun, verb, support, help, feeling)
8
condole(verb, agree, feelings, understand, spare)
8
condole with(verb, expression, phrasal verb, comfort, sympathize)
8
feel sorry for(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, understand)
8
lenity(noun, feeling, understanding, comfort, kindness)
8
pathos(noun, impression, emotion, mood, response)
8
quarter(noun, feeling, understanding, kindness, sympathy)
8
sorrow(noun, feeling, understanding, shame, woe)
8
sympathize with(verb, expression, phrasal verb, comfort, sympathize)
6
be sorry for(verb, expression, idiom, spare, sympathize)
6
benevolence(noun, feeling, understanding, concern, kindness)
6
concern(noun, nature, action, character, mind)
6
crime(noun, good, shame, situation, disappointment)
6
distress(noun, feeling, understanding, sympathy, compassion)
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