empathy

noun4

1. •
   Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.

   • She had a lot of empathy for her neighbor; she knew what it was like to lose a parent too.
2. •
   The capacity to understand another person's point of view or the result of such understanding.
3. •
   A paranormal ability to psychically read another person's emotions.
4. •
   (slang, no longer used) MDMA.