Sympathetic pity and concern for others' sufferings.

noun [ kuhm-PA-shuhn ]

Compassion is a deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it. It involves both emotional and practical support to alleviate the suffering.

• 🖊️  The nurse's compassion was evident in every gentle touch and soothing word.
• 🖊️  If only the world leaders had shown more compassion, history might have taken a different turn.
• 🖊️  In the quiet of the night, her compassion shone like a beacon.
• 🤝  empathy, sympathy, pity, mercy
• ⚔️  indifference, apathy, cruelty

A feeling of deep sorrow for another's suffering.

noun [ kom-PA-shuhn ]

In Old French, 'compassion' referred to a feeling of deep sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the pain or remove its cause.

• 🖊️  In the quiet of the night, her compassion whispered through the darkness, a balm for the weary soul.
• 🖊️  If only the world leaders had shown more compassion, history might have taken a different turn.
• 🖊️  The nurse's compassion was evident as she gently tended to the wounded soldier, her eyes reflecting his pain.
• 🤝  commiseration, concern, tenderness
• ⚔️  callousness, insensitivity, hard-heartedness