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compassion (kuhm PASH uhn) (s) (noun), compassions (pl)
1. A quality of the humane understanding for the suffering of others and wanting to do something to help them: It was due to Katherine's deep compassion for the pain and suffering of small animals that helped her decide to attend veterinary college and become a veterinarian.
2. Etymology: from Latin com-, "together" + pati, "to suffer".
A feeling of sympathy for another person's misfortune.
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This entry is located in the following units: com-, co-, cog-, col-, con-, cor- (page 2) -sion, -sions (page 2)
compassion (s) (noun), compassions (pl)
A recognition, perception, and deep sympathy or pity of the sufferings or troubles of another, accompanied by an urge to help: Mrs. Smith's neighbor was so kind-hearted and showed so much compassion after Mrs. Smith lost her husband in a plane crash.

Compassion is the sympathy with which some people remember the homeless because it costs nothing.

—Based on an Evan Esar quote.
This entry is located in the following units: -able (page 6) pass-, pati- (page 1)
A unit related to: “compassion”
piet-, pious-
(Latin: from pius, dutiful, dutiful conduct; kind, kindness; devout; compassion)