compassion
Deep awareness of the suffering of others that people have to the point of them being…Deep awareness of the suffering of others that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such states.
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» Tom's lack of compassion surprised Mary.
Toms Mangel an Mitgefühl überraschte Mary. — samueldora
Отсутствие у Тома сострадания удивило Мэри. — Snark
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2 senses(uncountable, usually)Deep awareness of the suffering of others that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such states.
Mitleid, Erbarmen, Mitgefühl
сострада́ниеsostradánije, сочу́вствиеsočúvstvije, сопережива́ниеsopereživánije
співстражданняspivstraždannja, співчуття́spivčuttjá, співпереживанняspivperežyvannja
a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
(broadly, uncountable, usually)Deep awareness of the individual experiences of suffering of others or themselves that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such experiences, as reflected by the psychological term self-compassion.
True leadership lies in compassion, not in coercion.
Examples
100 sentencesTom's lack of compassion surprised Mary.
ruОтсутствие у Тома сострадания удивило Мэри. — Snark
deToms Mangel an Mitgefühl überraschte Mary. — samueldora
Your compassion never ceases to amaze me.
deDein Mitgefühl erstaunt mich immer wieder. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Where is your compassion?
ruГде твоё сострадание? — fjay69
Show me some compassion.
Tom's compassion surprised us.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English compassioun, compassion, from Old French compassion, from EcclesiasticFrom Middle English compassioun, compassion, from Old French compassion, from Ecclesiastical Latin compassio (“sympathy”), from Latin compati, past participle compassus (“to suffer together with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion. By surface analysis, com- + passion.
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Forms
plural: compassions| Singular | compassion |
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uncountable
Synonyms
17 synonyms- the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it:pity
- a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering:compassionateness
Antonyms
5 antonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.