compassion
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2.7
- noun
- /kəmˈpæʃən/
:
compasión
- She showed great compassion by helping the homeless man find shelter.
- feel compassion
- show compassion
- compassion and empathy
She fails to expand that same compassion to men.
- She fails to expand that same compassion to men.
- Older people can view injustice with compassion but not despair.
- But he looked like bottomless kindness and compassion, and that's all.
- So even meeting gross behavior with compassion can be helpful.
- Does it just allow you to have a lot more compassion for that kid?
- So I can turn compassion toward that person, too.
- So let's give ourselves compassion for how difficult this is.
- Because they have compassion for us and and love.
- And I can bring more empathy and compassion to those experience for others.
- And so I have a lot of compassion for people like that.
- And it is called compassion, and it's truer.
- But but to have that compassion, I practice it.
- I want people to show compassion every day.
Examples
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So even meeting gross behavior with compassion can be helpful.
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One participant reflected on compassion from others, particularly medical staff, as meaningful and helpful.
Academic text (2011) -
I want people to show compassion every day.
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What is it that makes a person who feels compassion actually act?
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Does it just allow you to have a lot more compassion for that kid?
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And that is why, out of compassion, I gave it to this son.
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The world showed no compassion to me.
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Where is your compassion, gentlemen?
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There is not a trace of compassion to be found in modern war.
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His heart had filled with a sudden, amazing compassion, and he had known what he must do.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
609
1.3
Kindness shown to someone who is suffering or could be punished
273
1.8
Feeling of understanding and sharing another person's sadness
156
1.1
A feeling of sadness and care for someone who is suffering
76
1.4
Being kind and forgiving toward other people
41
3.4
A gentle caring feeling of love and concern for someone
1
5.2
A warm, gentle feeling of care and concern for other people
A deep care for people who suffer that makes you want to help them
A feeling of deep kindness that makes you want to help people who suffer, especially in Buddhism
A feeling of kindness and care for other people
Kindness shown to people who are suffering
Kindness and forgiveness shown to people you could punish
A kind, gentle feeling that makes you feel sorry for others and want to help them
A kind feeling that makes you easily feel sorry for people in need
A kind and friendly feeling toward other people
Antonyms
Compounds
How Compassionate
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1.3
16
6.1
423
2.7
273
1.8
∞
1.5
71
4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Compassion comes from Latin parts com- 'with' and passio 'suffering', the same root as passion and related to patient. So to feel compassion is to 'suffer with' someone, to feel their pain and want to help.