[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The quality of being compassionate.
1611. R. Bolton, Disc. True Happiness (1631), 167. Out of a naturall compassionateness.
1681. Flavel, Right. Man’s Ref., 279. The infinite tenderness and compassionateness of our God.
1876. J. H. Newman, Hist. Sk., II. II. v. 285. His sympathy and compassionateness for the whole world.
