com·pas·sion 
(kəm-păshən)
(kəm-păshən)n.
Deep awareness of the suffering of another accompanied by 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 the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
com·passion·less adj.
- metacarpus
- metacenter
- metacentric
- metacentricity
- metachromatic
- metachromatism
- Metacom
- metadata
- metaethical
- metaethics
- metafiction
- metafictional
- metafictionist
- metagalaxy
- metagenesis
- metagenetic
- metagnathism
- metagnathous
- metal
- metalanguage
- metal detector
- metal halide lamp
- metalhead
- metalinguistic
- metalinguistically