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soustrast — meaning in English

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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.
  • condolence noun An expression of sympathy offered to someone who has experienced a loss, especially a death.
  • sympathy noun A feeling of pity or sorrow for someone else's suffering or misfortune.

Senses

soustrast 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.
  • condolence (uncountable) Comfort, support or sympathy.
  • condolence (countable, usually, in the plural) An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.
  • sympathy A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.

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