compassion
noun
[ kəmˈpaʃ(ə)n ]
• sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.
• "the victims should be treated with compassion"
Similar:
pity,
sympathy,
feeling,
fellow feeling,
empathy,
understanding,
care,
concern,
solicitude,
solicitousness,
sensitivity,
tender-heartedness,
soft-heartedness,
warm-heartedness,
warmth,
love,
brotherly love,
tenderness,
gentleness,
mercy,
mercifulness,
leniency,
lenience,
tolerance,
consideration,
kindness,
humanity,
humaneness,
kind-heartedness,
charity,
benevolence,
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin compassio(n- ), from compati ‘suffer with’.
