compassion
pronunciation
How to pronounce compassion in British English:
UK [kəmˈpæʃn]
How to pronounce compassion in American English:
US [kəmˈpæʃn]
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- Noun:
- a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
- the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
Word Origin
- compassion (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French compassion "sympathy, pity" (12c.), from Late Latin compassionem (nominative compassio) "sympathy," noun of state from past participle stem of compati "to feel pity," from com- "together" (see com-) + pati "to suffer" (see passion). Latin compassio is an ecclesiastical loan-translation of Greek sympatheia (see sympathy). An Old English loan-translation of compassion was efenðrowung.
Example
- 1. Compassion for others creates loving , rewarding relationships .
- 2. He is much happier talking about courage than compassion .
- 3. By welcoming our disappointment we can expand our compassion .
- 4. I wanted to convey compassion and empathy .
- 5. Open avenues of compassion and new interests .