compassion

Meanings

Noun

Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it.

Verb

To pity.

Related

Similar words

empathy, mercy, ruth, pity, sorrow, tenderheartedness
kindness, heart, mercy, ruth, tenderheartedness

Origin

From Middle English compassioun, compassion, from Old French compassion, from Ecclesiastical Latin compassio ("sympathy"), from Latin compati, past participle compassus, from com- + pati; see passion.

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