COMPASSION


Meaning of COMPASSION in English

— compassionless , adj.

/keuhm pash"euhn/ , n.

1. a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.

v.t.

2. Archaic. to compassionate.

[ 1300-50; ME ( compassion- (s. of compassio ). See COM-, PASSION ]

Syn. 1. commiseration, mercy, tenderness, heart, clemency. See sympathy .

Ant. 1. mercilessness, indifference.

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