understandings
Shared mental grasp
Understandings are agreements or arrangements reached between parties, often informal: We had an understanding that she would handle finances.
The plural also refers to instances of comprehension or interpretation: different understandings of the same text, cultural understandings vary widely.
An understanding between people implies mutual awareness and often sympathy.
Mutual agreements reached
- pactsFormal binding agreements
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- arrangementsOrganized plans or configurations
- dealsAgreements or distributions
compromises · settlements · terms · covenants · contracts · conventions · protocols · negotiations
Seize or understand
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
knowledge · cognition · discernment · conceptualization · reasoning · clarity · explanation · meaning
Grasping what's true
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
enlightenment · mindfulness · appreciation · sensitivity · discernment · attentiveness · cognizance · alertness
Concern for others' distress
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- connectionA joining or relation
tolerance · patience · solidarity · kindness · caring · concern · supportiveness · fellow-feeling
accords
Mutual agreements reached
- pactsFormal binding agreements
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- arrangementsOrganized plans or configurations
deals · compromises · settlements · terms · covenants · contracts · conventions · protocols · negotiations · consensus
grasp
Seize or understand
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- interpretationAssigned meaning
apprehension · knowledge · cognition · discernment · conceptualization · reasoning · clarity · explanation · meaning · assimilation
realization
Grasping what's true
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
perception · enlightenment · mindfulness · appreciation · sensitivity · discernment · attentiveness · cognizance · alertness · awakening
compassion
Concern for others' distress
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
connection · tolerance · patience · solidarity · kindness · caring · concern · supportiveness · fellow-feeling · humanity
- assertionsassertions, asserting, assert, statements, stating
understandingsmisunderstandings
Failures to grasp meaning
confusions · misreadings · misinterpretations · bewilderments · perplexities
understandingsdisagreements
Failures to concur
misunderstandings · disputes · differences · conflicts · rifts
understandingscruelties
Harsh, harmful acts
callousness · insensitivities · indifference · coldness · cold-heartedness
- mutual understandingShared agreement between parties
- silent understandingShared knowledge without words
- human understandingCapacity for knowledge
- understanding the assignmentKnowing what's expected
- tacit understandingAgreement conveyed without words
- deep understanding