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състрада́ние — meaning in English

sastradanie

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English meaning

  • compassion noun A deep sense of concern for someone else's suffering, strong enough to make you want to help.
  • mercy noun Kindness or forgiveness shown toward someone who could reasonably be punished or treated harshly instead.
  • rue verb To bitterly regret something, especially a decision or action.
  • sympathy noun A feeling of pity or sorrow for someone else's suffering or misfortune.
  • tenderness noun Gentle, caring, and affectionate feeling toward someone.

Senses

състрада́ние is used for these senses in English:

  • compassion (by extension, psychology) Deep awareness of the individual experiences of suffering of others or themselves that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such experiences, as reflected by the psychological term self-compassion.
  • mercy (uncountable) Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate.
  • rue (archaic, or, dialectal) Pity; compassion.
  • sympathy A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
  • tenderness A concern for the feelings or welfare of others.

mercy — full definition

  1. noun Kindness or forgiveness shown toward someone who could reasonably be punished or treated harshly instead.
  2. noun A fortunate thing; a blessing, especially something to be grateful for given the circumstances.
  3. intj Used to express surprise, alarm, or relief.

Related Bulgarian words