Compassion
[kəm'pæʃ(ə)n] or [kəm'pæʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it.
(noun.) a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering.
Edited by Johanna--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration.
(v. t.) To pity.
Checker: Sumner
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Pity, commiseration, sympathy, tenderness, kindness, kindliness, clemency, fellow-feeling, bowels of compassion, melting mood.
Inputed by Carter
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Pity, sympathy, condolence, tenderness, fellow-feeling, commiseration, pardon
ANT:Hardheartedness, unforgiveness, cruelty, antipathy, denunciation, condemnation,vindictiveness, retaliation
Typist: Sean
Definition
n. fellow-feeling or sorrow for the sufferings of another: pity.—v.t. to pity.—adjs. Compas′sionable pitiable; Compas′sionate inclined to pity or mercy: merciful.—v.t. to have compassion for: to have pity or mercy upon.—adv. Compas′sionately.—n. Compas′sionateness.
Checked by Eugene
Examples
- Pray Heaven that I am going away from, have compassion on my uncle! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The fair little face, touched with divine compassion, as it peeped shrinkingly through the grate, was like an angel's in the prison. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- O, good citizens, if you would have so much compassion for us! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Then they stood on the bank shivering, and so chagrined and so grieved, that they merited holiest compassion. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- God bless you for your sweet compassion! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I wish I could describe in words the compassion I felt for this miserable and misguided girl. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I was partly urged by curiosity, and compassion confirmed my resolution. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It was one of the greatest moments of the war to me when I heard the report in that great voice where pity, compassion and truth are blended. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A certain degree of poverty produces contempt; but a degree beyond causes compassion and good-will. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I felt compassion for him,' said Louisa, her colour deepening, 'and I wished to know what he was going to do, and wished to offer him assistance. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I have, returned Elinor, colouring likewise, and hardening her heart anew against any compassion for him, I have heard it all. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The tender compassion of Jesus is recalled and relied on; the faded eye, gazing beyond time, sees a home, a friend, a refuge in eternity. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She would not subdue one of her charms in compassion. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I will seek him out, said Isaac, for he is a good youth, and hath compassion for the exile of Jacob. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He sat by her, he took her hand, and said a thousand things which breathed the deepest spirit of compassion and affection. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Vanessa