Definitions for: 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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: compassionateness, pity

See Also: fellow feeling, mercifulness, mercifulness, mercy, mercy, sympathy, tenderheartedness, tenderness

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