See Also: compassion(1)(dictionary)
compassion(2)(dictionary)
compassion(dictionary)
compassion fatigue(dictionary)

compassion(1) (iou)



compassion noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French from ecclesiastical Latin compassio(n-), from compass- pa. ppl stem of compati suffer with: see COM-, PASSION noun.]
Participation in another's suffering; fellow-feeling, sympathy. ME-E17.
Pity inclining one to show mercy or give aid. Freq. in have compassion on. ME.
Sorrowful emotion, grief. ME-L16.
Comb.: compassion fatigue indifference to charitable appeals resulting from the frequency of such appeals.