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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Compassion \Com*pas"sion\, v. t.
To pity. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
compassion
n 1: a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
[syn: {compassionateness}]
2: the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others
and wanting to do something about it [syn: {pity}]
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