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compassion

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com·pas·sion  (km-pshn)
n.
Deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it. See Synonyms at pity.

[Middle English compassioun, from Late Latin compassi, compassin-, from compassus, past participle of compat, to sympathize : Latin com-, com- + Latin pat, to suffer; see p(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

com·passion·less adj.

compassion [kəmˈpæʃən]
n
a feeling of distress and pity for the suffering or misfortune of another, often including the desire to alleviate it
[from Old French, from Late Latin compassiō fellow feeling, from compatī to suffer with, from Latin com- with + patī to bear, suffer]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.compassioncompassion - a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
heartstrings - your deepest feelings of love and compassion; "many adoption cases tug at the heartstrings"
fellow feeling, sympathy - sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
tenderheartedness, tenderness - warm compassionate feelings
mercifulness, mercy - the feeling that motivates compassion
2.compassion - the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
mercifulness, mercy - a disposition to be kind and forgiving; "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband"

compassion
Translations
compassion [kəmˈpæʃən] Ncompasión f
to have compassion for sth/for or on sbtener compasión por or de algo/algn, compadecerse de algo/algn
to feel compassion for sbsentir compasión por or de algn
to move sb to compassionmover a algn a la compasión

compassion [kəmˈpæʃən] ncompassion f, sensibilité f

compassion
nMitgefühl nt, → Mitleid nt(for mit); (esp Bibl) → Erbarmen nt(on, for mit)

compassion [kəmˈpæʃn] ncompassione f
compassion [kəmˈpæʃn] ncompassione f

compassion
n compassion [kəmˈpӕʃən]
sorrow or pity for the sufferings of another person. deernis, medelye, meegevoel شَفَقَه، حُنُو съчуствие slitování, soucit medfølelse; medlidenhed das Mitleid συμπόνια compasión kaastunne ترحم؛ دلسوزی myötätunto compassion חֶמלָה अनुकंपा, दया sućut, samilost, sažaljenje szánalom belas kasihan samúð compassione 同情 측은한 마음 gailestis, užuojauta līdzjūtība belas kasihan medeleven medlidenhet, medynk, barmhjertighet litość compaixão compa­siune сострадание súcit sočutje saosećanje medlidande ความเห็นใจ acıma, merhamet 同情(心),憐憫 жалість, співчуття ہمدردی ، ترس lòng thương 怜悯
adj comˈpassionate [-nət]
barmhartig, medelydend شَفيق، مُشْفِق съчуствен soucitný medfølende mitleidsvoll συμπονετικός compasivo kaastundlik دلسوز؛ ترحم آمیز myötätuntoinen compatissant רַחֲמָנִי करुणामय sućutan, samilostan, sažalan könyörületes kasihan, iba samúðarfullur compassionevole あわれみ深い 인정많은 gailestingas līdzjūtīgs perasaan belas kasihan medelevend medfølende, medlidende, barmhjertig litościwy compassivo plin de com­­pasiune сострадательный súcitný sočuten saosećajnost medlidsam, barmhärtig ที่รู้สึกเห็นใจ merhametli, şefkatli 有同情心的 жалісливий; співчутливий رحم دل ، ترس کھانے والا động lòng thương


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AN Unworthy Man who had laughed at the woes of a Woman whom he loved, was bewailing his indiscretion in sack-cloth-of-gold and ashes-of-roses, when the Angel of Compassion looked down upon him, saying:
He had compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it in his bosom.
Let your compassion be moved, and do not disdain me.
 
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