Meaning of COMPASSION
| Pronunciation: | | kum'pashun
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- [n] the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
- [n] a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
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| | Synonyms: | | compassionateness, pity |
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| | See Also: | | fellow feeling, mercifulness, mercifulness, mercy, mercy, sympathy, tenderheartedness, tenderness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Com*pas"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. compassio, fr. compati
to have compassion; com- + pati to bear, suffer. See
{Patient}.]
Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow
excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity;
commiseration.
Womanly ingenuity set to work by womanly compassion.
--Macaulay.
Syn: Pity; sympathy; commiseration; fellow-feeling; mercy;
condolence. See {Pity}.
\Com*pas"sion\, v. t.
To pity. [Obs.] --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | acceptance, affectionateness, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, brotherhood, charity, clemency, clementness, commiseration, condolence, easiness, easygoingness, empathy, favor, feeling, feeling of kinship, fellow feeling, forbearance, forbearing, forgiveness, fraternal feeling, gentleness, goodness, goodness of heart, grace, graciousness, heart of gold, humaneness, humanity, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindly disposition, kindness, laxness, lenience, leniency, lenientness, lenity, loving kindness, mercifulness, mercy, mildness, mitigation, moderateness, niceness, pardon, pathos, patience, pity, quarter, relief, reprieve, rue, ruth, self-pity, softheartedness, softness, soul of kindness, sympathy, tenderheartedness, tenderness, tolerance, warmheartedness, warmth, warmth of heart |
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