compassion
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English compassioun, compassion, from Old French compassion, from Ecclesiastical Latin compassio (“sympathy”), from Latin compati, past participle compassus (“to suffer together with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion. By surface analysis, com- + passion.
Inflected forms:
form: compassions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Deep awareness of the suffering of others that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such states.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Oh! the unspeakable privilege to have Him for our Father, who is the Father of mercies and compassions, and those not barren, fruitless pityings, for He is withal the God of all consolations.
Other people's problems, they overwhelm my mind / They say compassion is a virtue, but I don't have the time
In many ways, people today lack compassion as a way to internalize and experience the inner soul of the other person, animals, and the universe. We need to reintroduce compassion so humanity may survive.
Ethics of compassion are grounded in one's mindful commitment to one's own happiness with the recognition that the well being that one wishes for oneself also is wished for by others.
From Master's words, I understand that having compassion does not mean allowing people to take advantage of us. We can be kind but we should uphold moral values.
gloss: Deep awareness of the individual experiences of suffering of others or themselves that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such experiences, as reflected by the psychological term self-compassion.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
uncountable
usually
examples: Similarly to the practice of loving kindness, meditation on compassion towards our own experience builds the foundation for expansion of the circle of compassion towards others.
True leadership lies in compassion, not in coercion.
Synonyms: empathy
mercy
ruth
pity
sorrow
tenderheartedness
bowels
commiseration
compassion
fellow feeling
remorse
rue
sympathy
loving-kindness
kindness
heart
mercy
ruth
tenderheartedness
Antonyms: compassionlessness
pitilessness
ruthlessness
uncompassion
unpity
Related words: compatible
passion
what a pity
Derived words: compassionable
compassionate
compassion fatigue
compassionless
incompassion
self-compassion
uncompassion
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: mëshirë
lang: Arabic
word: رَحْمَة
roman: raḥma
lang: Arabic
word: شَفَقَة
roman: šafaqa
lang: Armenian
word: կարեկցանք
roman: karekcʻankʻ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: şəfqət
lang: Azerbaijani
word: rəhm
lang: Belarusian
word: спачува́нне
roman: spačuvánnje
lang: Belarusian
word: спага́да
roman: spaháda
lang: Bengali
word: করুণা
roman: koruna
lang: Bulgarian
word: състрада́ние
roman: sǎstradánie
lang: Bulgarian
word: съчу́вствие
roman: sǎčúvstvie
lang: Burmese
word: ကရုဏာ
roman: ka.ru.na
lang: Burmese
word: အကြင်နာ
roman: a.krangna
lang: Catalan
word: compassió
lang: Cebuano
word: kaluoy
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏣᏘ
roman: udadolitsati
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 同情
roman: tóngqíng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 愛心 /爱心
roman: àixīn
lang: Czech
word: soustrast
lang: Czech
word: soucit
lang: Danish
word: medfølelse
lang: Danish
word: medlidenhed
lang: Dutch
word: medelijden
lang: Dutch
word: deernis
lang: Esperanto
word: kompato
lang: Estonian
word: kaastunne
lang: Finnish
word: myötätunto
lang: Finnish
word: osanotto
lang: French
word: compassion
lang: Georgian
word: თანაგრძნობა
roman: tanagrʒnoba
lang: German
word: Mitleid
lang: German
word: Erbarmen
lang: German
word: Mitgefühl
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰
roman: mildiþa
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐌴𐌹
roman: armahairtei
lang: Greek
word: συμπόνια
roman: sympónia
lang: Greek
word: ευσπλαχνία
roman: efsplachnía
lang: Ancient Greek
word: οἰκτιρμός
roman: oiktirmós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: συμπάθεια
roman: sumpátheia
lang: Hebrew
word: רַחֲמִים
roman: rakhamím
lang: Hebrew
word: חֶמְלָה
roman: khemlá
lang: Hebrew
word: אֶמְפַּתְיָה
roman: empatiá
lang: Hindi
word: दया
roman: dayā
lang: Hindi
word: करुणा
roman: karuṇā
lang: Hindi
word: संवेदना
roman: samvednā
lang: Hindi
word: सहानुभूति
roman: sahānubhūti
lang: Hungarian
word: együttérzés
lang: Ido
word: kompato
lang: Indonesian
word: belas kasih
lang: Irish
word: trua
lang: Irish
word: taise
lang: Italian
word: compassione
lang: Japanese
word: 同情
roman: dōjō
lang: Kalmyk
word: уйдвр
roman: uydvr
lang: Kazakh
word: жаны ашу
roman: jany aşu
lang: Khmer
word: មេត្តាធម៌
roman: meittaa thɔə
lang: Khmer
word: មេត្តា
roman: meittaa
lang: Korean
word: 동정
roman: dongjeong
lang: Kyrgyz
word: боорукердик
roman: boorukerdik
lang: Kyrgyz
word: кайрымдуулук
roman: kayrımduuluk
lang: Lao
word: ເມດຕາ
roman: mēt tā
lang: Latin
word: misericordia
lang: Latvian
word: līdzjūtība
lang: Lithuanian
word: užuojauta
lang: Macedonian
word: сочувство
roman: sočuvstvo
lang: Malay
word: belas kasihan
lang: Malayalam
word: അനുകമ്പ
roman: anukampa
lang: Malayalam
word: സഹാനുഭൂതി
roman: sahānubhūti
lang: Manx
word: erreeish
lang: Māori
word: whakaaroha
lang: Māori
word: tauwhirotanga
lang: Māori
word: atawhaitanga
lang: Māori
word: ngākau aroha
lang: Marathi
word: करुणा
roman: karuṇā
lang: Marathi
word: दया
roman: dayā
lang: Middle English
word: compassioun
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: medfølelse
lang: Occitan
word: compassion
lang: Persian
word: رحم
roman: rahm
lang: Persian
word: شفقت
roman: šafaqat
lang: Polish
word: współczucie
lang: Portuguese
word: compaixão
lang: Romanian
word: compasiune
lang: Russian
word: сострада́ние
roman: sostradánije
lang: Russian
word: сочу́вствие
roman: sočúvstvije
lang: Russian
word: сопережива́ние
roman: sopereživánije
lang: Sanskrit
word: भूतदया
roman: bhūtadayā
lang: Sanskrit
word: करुणा
roman: karuṇā
lang: Sanskrit
word: दया
roman: dayā
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ath-thruas
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: саосећање
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: саосјећање
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: saosećanje
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: saosjećanje
lang: Sicilian
word: cumpiatà
lang: Slovak
word: súcit
lang: Slovak
word: ľútosť
lang: Slovene
word: sočutje
lang: Spanish
word: compasión
lang: Swahili
word: rehema
lang: Swahili
word: huruma
lang: Swedish
word: medlidande
lang: Swedish
word: medkänsla
lang: Tagalog
word: awa
lang: Tajik
word: шафқат
roman: šafqat
lang: Tajik
word: дилсӯзӣ
roman: dilsüzi
lang: Thai
word: เมตตา
roman: mêet-dtaa
lang: Thai
word: กรุณา
roman: gà-rú-naa
lang: Thai
word: การุณย์
lang: Tocharian B
word: karuṃ
lang: Tok Pisin
word: marimari
lang: Turkish
word: şefkat
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: رحم
roman: rahm
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎔𐎛𐎄
roman: pỉd
lang: Ukrainian
word: співстраждання
roman: spivstraždannja
lang: Ukrainian
word: співчуття́
roman: spivčuttjá
lang: Ukrainian
word: співпереживання
roman: spivperežyvannja
lang: Urdu
word: ترس
lang: Urdu
word: رحم
roman: rahm
lang: Uzbek
word: shafqat
lang: Uzbek
word: rahm
lang: Vietnamese
word: từ bi
lang: Vietnamese
word: đồng cảm
lang: Vietnamese
word: lòng thương
lang: Vietnamese
word: lòng từ bi