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Compassion : (noun)
1: a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
[syn: compassionateness]
2: the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others
and wanting to do something about it [syn: pity]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Compassion : \Com*pas"sion\, v. t.
To pity. [Obs.] --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Compassion : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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