Dictionary entries for 'compassion'

Synonyms

commiseration
condolence
empathy
pity
sympathy

com·pas·sion (kəm-păsh́ən)

[Middle English compassioun, from Late Latin compassiō, compassiōn-, from compassus past participle of compatī, to sympathize, Latin com-, com-, + Latin patī, to suffer.]

noun

Deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it. See synonyms at pity

derivatives

com·paśsion·less: adjective

noun

derivatives

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition