'Compassion' definitions:
Definition of 'compassion'
(from WordNet)
noun
A deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering [syn: compassion, compassionateness]
noun
The humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it [syn: compassion, pity]
Definition of 'Compassion'
From: GCIDE
- Compassion \Com*pas"sion\, v. t. To pity. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Compassion'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Womanly ingenuity set to work by womanly compassion. --Macaulay.
- Syn: Pity; sympathy; commiseration; fellow-feeling; mercy; condolence. See Pity. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'compassion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptance,
- affectionateness,
- benevolence,
- benignancy,
- benignity,
- brotherhood,
- charity,
- clemency,
- clementness,
- commiseration,
- condolence,
- easiness,
- easygoingness,
- empathy,
- favor,
- feeling,
- feeling of kinship,
- fellow feeling,
- forbearance,
- forbearing,
- forgiveness,
- fraternal feeling,
- gentleness,
- goodness,
- goodness of heart,
- grace,
- graciousness,
- heart of gold,
- humaneness,
- humanity,
- kindheartedness,
- kindliness,
- kindly disposition,
- kindness,
- laxness,
- lenience,
- leniency,
- lenientness,
- lenity,
- loving kindness,
- mercifulness,
- mercy,
- mildness,
- mitigation,
- moderateness,
- niceness,
- pardon,
- pathos,
- patience,
- pity,
- quarter,
- relief,
- reprieve,
- rue,
- ruth,
- self-pity,
- softheartedness,
- softness,
- soul of kindness,
- sympathy,
- tenderheartedness,
- tenderness,
- tolerance,
- warmheartedness,
- warmth,
- warmth of heart
Words containing 'Compassion'
- Compass,
- Compassable,
- Compassed,
- Compasses,
- Compassing,
- Azimuth compass,
- Beam compass,
- Bow compasses,
- Caliber compasses,
- Caliper compasses,
- Compass card,
- Compass dial,
- Compass flower,
- Compass plane,
- Compass plant,
- Compass saw,
- Compass timber,
- Compass window,
- Declination compass,
- Declination of the compass,
- Deviation of the compass,
- Elliptic compasses,
- Hair compass,
- Hanging compass,
- Inclination compass,
- Mariner's compass,
- Points of the compass,
- Prismatic compass,
- Sea compass,
- Surveyor's compass,
- To box the compass,
- To fetch a compass,
- To set by the compass,
- Transit compass,
- Triangular compasses,
- Variation compass,
- Vernier compass,
- compass board,
- compass north,
- compass point,
- magnetic compass,
- radio compass,
- Bow-compass,
- Bow-compasses,
- cardinal compass point,
- scales compasses dividers,
- watch clock compass card etc