compassion
noun /kəmˈpæʃn/
/kəmˈpæʃn/
[uncountable]- compassion (for somebody) a strong feeling of sympathy for people or animals who are suffering and a desire to help them
- to feel/show compassion
- She was known as a hard woman with no compassion, no emotion.
- In an overworked doctor, feelings of compassion are soon lost.
Extra Examples- He was filled with overwhelming love and compassion for his wife.
- I felt no compassion towards her.
- I survived. Someone or something had had compassion on me.
- In cities where many people beg, citizens quickly develop compassion fatigue.
- The old people are treated with great compassion.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- great
- genuine
- …
- be filled with
- feel
- have
- …
- fatigue
- compassion for
- compassion towards/toward
- with compassion
- …
- love and compassion
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin compassio(n-), from compati ‘suffer with’.