Humanity

Love

Mercy

A virtue

Kindness

Sympathy

Benevolence

Acts of tenderness

Social intelligence

Opposition to cruelty

The exercise of kindness

The quality of being humane

Altruism towards individuals

Kind feelings, dispositions and sympathies

Human love and compassion towards each other

A virtue that is consistent across all cultures

The characteristics that uniquely belong to human beings, such as kindness, mercy and sympathy

A disposition to relieve persons in distress, and to treat with tenderness those who are helpless and defenseless