compassion
[noun]
Synonyms: sympathy, condolence, fellow feeling, humanity, kindness, mercy, pity, sorrow, tender-heartedness, tenderness, understanding

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Contrasted words: aloofness, indifference, unconcern, cruelty, harshness, mercilessness, implacability, relentlessness
Related Words: charity, clemency, grace, lenity, mercy, benevolence, humaneness, humanity

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

com‧pas‧sion /kəmˈpæʃən/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Late Latin compassio, from compati 'to feel sympathy', from Latin com- ( ⇒ COM-) + pati 'to suffer']
a strong feeling of sympathy for someone who is suffering, and a desire to help them
compassion for
compassion for the sick
feel/show/have compassion
Did he feel any compassion for the victim of his crime?
with compassion
Lieberman explores this sensitive topic with compassion.
I was shocked by the doctor’s lack of compassion.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

compassion
noun
ADJ. deep, great | genuine
VERB + COMPASSION be filled with, feel, have I survived. Someone or something had had compassion on me.
show (sb) | lack
PREP. ~ for He was filled with overwhelming love and compassion for his wife.
~ towards I felt no compassion towards her.
with ~ The old people are treated with great compassion.
PHRASES love and compassion

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