compassion
IPA: kʌmpˈæʃʌn
noun
- Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it.
verb
- (obsolete) To pity.
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Examples of "compassion" in Sentences
- Compassion grew for the impecunious.
- He showed compassion and magnanimity.
- Calvinism rejected the ethic of compassion.
- The themes of the film are compassion and mercy.
- This depended on the compassion and good grace of the master.
- Compassion is that which makes the heart of the good move at the pain of others.