largeheartedness

noun

Definition of largeheartednessnext
as in kindness
the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune the famed largeheartedness of a city that has welcomed refugees with open arms on more than one occasion

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for largeheartedness
  1. kindness
  2. sympathy
  3. heart
  4. compassion
Noun
  • The braided and beaded trinkets are woven with messages of kindness, song lyrics or inside jokes among her devotees, who cluster in venue aisles and interminable merchandise lines at concerts to trade as part of their own secret society.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • One act of kindness and then to have that dream and that goal to be able to help others and do one step at a time to get there.
    Gabriel Kinder and Allie Torgan, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of kindness
Noun
  • The wave of sympathy toward Mangione and hostility toward CEOs sparked debate about how a set of Americans had come to cheer, or at least condone, wishes of violence hurled toward corporate executives.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Online sellers, looking to cash in on the sympathies that some have expressed for Mangione, have drawn criticism.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of sympathy
Noun
  • The client’s interests should always be taken to heart.
    Jennifer Pierce, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Tokyo holds a special place in my heart as my top travel destination.
    Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of heart
Noun
  • As practitioners of empathy and compassion, associates are unbridled to become magnets for bringing out the best in others around them.
    Chip Bell, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Our brothers and sisters in crisis deserve our compassion and understanding, not violence.
    Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of compassion
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