Compassion
A moved, caring response to another's suffering.
Empathy
Feeling what another person feels inside yourself.
Sympathy
Understanding and caring about another's pain.
Gratitude
Warm thankfulness for something received or given.
Kinship
A felt bond with someone who shares your experience.
Schadenfreude
Guilty pleasure at someone else's misfortune.
Compersion
Joy felt from another person's happiness.
Righteousness
Moral certainty that you are in the right.
Solidarity
Felt unity with others who share a cause.
Awkwardness
Cringing discomfort in a social misfit.
Rejection
The sting of being turned away or unwanted.
Alienation
Feeling separate from others and unable to connect.
Validation
The relief and warmth of being seen and approved.
Betrayal
Shattering trust violation by someone you relied on.
Abandonment
Primal distress at being left behind.
Protectiveness
Fierce urge to shield someone from harm.
Forgiveness
Releasing anger or resentment toward someone.
Moral fervour
Burning, fervent conviction of being on the side of right.
Solicitude
Attentive, caring concern for someone's welfare.
Obsequiousness
Excessively eager, fawning desire to please.
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