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com⋅pas⋅sion
[kuh
m-pash-uhn] 
–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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| com·pas·sion (kəm-pāsh'ən) n. Deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it. See Synonyms at pity. [Middle English compassioun, from Late Latin compassiō, compassiōn-, from compassus, past participle of compatī, to sympathize : Latin com-, com- + Latin patī, to suffer; see pē(i)- in Indo-European roots.] com·pas'sion·less adj. |
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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.Compassion
Com*pas"sion\, v. t. To pity. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Language Translation for : compassion
Spanish:
compasión,
German:
das Mitleid,
Japanese:
同情
compassion
1340, 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. Phrase compassion conservatism in American political language first recorded by 1992, popularized, if not coined, by Marvin Olasky, University of Texas at Austin instructor.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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