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com·pas·sion
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ən
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noun
1.
a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
verb (used with object)
2.
Archaic
.
to
compassionate
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Origin:
1300–50;
Middle English
(<
Anglo-French
) <
Late Latin
compassiōn-
(stem of
compassiō
).
See
com-
,
passion
Related forms
com·pas·sion·less,
adjective
un·com·pas·sion,
noun
un·com·pas·sioned,
adjective
Synonyms
1.
commiseration, mercy, tenderness, heart, clemency.
See
sympathy.
Antonyms
1.
mercilessness, indifference.
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compassion
(kəmˈpæʃən)
—
n
a feeling of distress and pity for the suffering or misfortune of another, often including the desire to alleviate it
[C14: from Old French, from Late Latin
compassiō
fellow feeling, from
compatī
to suffer with, from Latin
com-
with +
patī
to bear, suffer]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
compassion
mid-14c., from O.Fr. compassion, from L.L. compassionem (nom. compassio) "sympathy," from compassus, pp. of compati "to feel pity," from com- "together" + pati "to suffer" (see
passion
). Loan-translation of Gk. sympatheia.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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