compassion

com·pas·sion  (km-pshn)

n.

Deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it. See Synonyms at pity.

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[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.]

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com·passion·less adj.

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compassion

Noun

a feeling of distress and pity for the suffering or misfortune of another [Latin com- with + pati to suffer]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	compassion - a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering compassionateness 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 pity mercifulness, mercy - a disposition to be kind and forgiving; "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband"

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compassion

noun sympathy, understanding, charity, pity, humanity, mercy, heart, quarter, sorrow, kindness, tenderness, condolence, clemency, commiseration, fellow feeling, soft-heartedness, tender-heartedness, aroha N.Z. << OPPOSITE indifference

Translations

compassion [kəmˈpæʃən] n → compasión f

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compassion [kəmˈpæʃən] n → compassion f, humanité f

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compassion [kəmˈpæʃən] n → Mitgefühl nt

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compassion [kəmˈpæʃən] n → compassione f