compassion

== English == === Etymology === From 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. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/ Rhymes: -æʃən === Noun === compassion (usually uncountable, plural compassions) Deep awareness of the suffering of others that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such states. 1849, Robert Leighton (Archbishop of Glasgow), A practical commentary upon the first Epistle of St. Peter (page 47) Oh! the unspeakable privilege to have Him for our Father, who is the Father of mercies and compassions, and those not barren, fruitless pityings, for He is withal the God of all consolations. (by extension, psychology) 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. ==== Synonyms ==== (deep awareness of another's suffering): empathy, mercy, ruth, pity, sorrow, tenderheartedness, Thesaurus:compassion (desire to relieve another's suffering): kindness, heart, mercy, ruth, tenderheartedness ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== compatible passion ==== Translations ==== === Verb === compassion (third-person singular simple present compassions, present participle compassioning, simple past and past participle compassioned) (obsolete) To pity. Synonyms: commiserate, feel sorry for; see also Thesaurus:pity ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “compassion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “compassion”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin compassiō, from Latin compatior (“to suffer with”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/ ~ /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === compassion f (plural compassions) compassion, pity ==== Related terms ==== compatir passion === Further reading === “compassion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Noun === compassion alternative form of compassioun