Sekirov Dictionary

compassion

/kəmˈpæʃ.ən/

noun 2
verb 1
forms 3

noun2

•
pity for someone who is suffering, strong enough to make you want to help them
- 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. — 1849
•
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.
- True leadership lies in compassion, not in coercion.

verb1

•
(no longer used) To pity.
- O heavens, can you hear a good man groan / And not relent, or not compassion him? — 1588

forms

compassioned · compassioning · compassions

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