compassion

/kəmˈpæʃən/

/kəmˈpæʃɪn/

Other forms: compassions

If someone shows kindness, caring, and a willingness to help others, they're showing compassion.

This is a word for a very positive emotion that has to do with being thoughtful and decent. Giving to a charity takes compassion. Volunteering to work with sick people or animals takes compassion. When you have compassion, you're putting yourself in someone else's shoes and really feeling for them. Anytime a disaster like a hurricane or earthquake hits, others will feel compassion for the victims. When you feel compassion for someone, you really want to help out.

Definitions of compassion

1. noun

   a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
   synonyms: compassionateness

   types:

   heartstrings

   your deepest feelings of love and compassion

   tenderheartedness, tenderness

   warm compassionate feelings

   mercifulness, mercy

   the feeling that motivates compassion

   forgiveness

   compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive

   type of:

   fellow feeling, sympathy

   sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
2. noun

   the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
   synonyms: pity

   type of:

   mercifulness, mercy

   a disposition to be kind and forgiving