compassion
Noun: 1. The humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it: A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. 2. A deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering: The emotional response when perceiving suffering and the motivation to help.
Compassion is a noun used to describe a profound human emotion. It is often directed towards those in distress and involves both feeling and action. - It is commonly followed by the preposition "for" (e.g., compassion for the victims). - It can be used with "on" in more formal or literary contexts, especially with verbs like "take" or "have" (e.g., to take compassion on someone). - It is an uncountable noun, so it is not typically used in the plural form.
- The nurse treated every patient with great compassion.
- He felt a surge of compassion for the lost child.
- The community showed compassion by donating food and clothing to the refugees.
- Her voice was full of compassion when she spoke to the grieving family.
- To have/take compassion on (upon) someone: A formal or literary phrase meaning to show mercy or pity towards someone.
- The king took compassion on the prisoners and granted them amnesty.
- To feel compassion for someone: To experience a sense of pity and concern for someone's suffering.
- I feel deep compassion for those affected by the natural disaster.
- Compassion fatigue: A state of emotional exhaustion and reduced ability to empathize, often experienced by caregivers or those constantly exposed to the suffering of others.
- After years working in the crisis zone, the aid workers began to experience compassion fatigue.
- Compassionate (adjective): Feeling or showing compassion.
- She is a very compassionate doctor who listens to all her patients' concerns.
- Compassionately (adverb): In a compassionate manner.
- He spoke compassionately to the family about their loss.
- Sympathy: Feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.
- Empathy: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
- Pity: The feeling of sorrow and compassion caused by the suffering of others.
- Mercy: Compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm.
- Indifference: Lack of interest, concern, or sympathy.
- Cruelty: Willful infliction of pain or suffering.
- Callousness: Insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
- To act out of compassion: To do something because of a feeling of compassion.
- She volunteered at the shelter, acting purely out of compassion.
- A heart full of compassion: Describing someone who is very kind and sympathetic.
- Everyone knew her as a woman with a heart full of compassion.
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the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
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a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
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