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сочу́вствие — meaning in English

sochuvstviye

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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.
  • empathy noun The ability to understand and share someone else's feelings.
  • pity noun A feeling of sorrow or sympathy for someone else's suffering.
  • sympathy noun A feeling of pity or sorrow for someone else's suffering or misfortune.

Senses

сочу́вствие 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.
  • pity (uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
  • sympathy A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
  • sympathy The ability to share the feelings of another.

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