About The Word Compassion
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Compassion
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What's The Definition Of Compassion?
[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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Compassion: compassionateness | pity Related Terms | Find terms related to Compassion: 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 See Also | fellow feeling | mercifulness | mercifulness | mercy | mercy | sympathy | tenderheartedness | tenderness Compassion In Webster's Dictionary \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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