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Compassion is a kind of feeling. If you have compassion, you are able to feel the pain, hardship, or sadness that other people experience. When you feel compassion, you want to help others. You want to relieve their pain or make their lives easier.
Because of her compassion for injured wild animals, our veterinarian takes care of them for free.My mom says that a good leader of a country feels compassion for its citizens. Good leaders do what they can to help the people whose lives are difficult.The ship's captain was a cruel man with no compassion. His sailors received terrible punishments even if they broke only a tiny rule.- synonyms:
- heart, kindness, mercy, pity, sympathy, tenderness, understanding
- similar words:
- charity
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consideration, feeling, goodness, mercy, understanding |
Compassion comes from a Latin word that means "to suffer with another."