Is there a single word to describe the feeling of embarrassment that one can have for someone else?

Is there a single word to describe the feeling of embarrassment that one can have for someone else?
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Not in English. For me, discomfiture has a connotative meaning of embarrassment because of the actions of others, but it is not denotative.
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