feel compassion
1feel compassion — index relent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2compassion — 01. Her [compassion] for others led her into a life of volunteer work. 02. It is hard to feel much [compassion] for someone who loses all their money by trying some get rich quick scheme. 03. If children learn to feel [compassion] for others,… …
3feel for — verb share the suffering of (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑pity, ↑compassionate, ↑condole with, ↑sympathize with • Derivationally related forms: ↑compassion (for: ↑ …
4feel for — tell your mother we certainly feel for her Syn: sympathize with, be sorry for, pity, feel pity for, feel sympathy for, feel compassion for, be moved by; commiserate with, condole with …
5feel — /feel/, v., felt, feeling, n. v.t. 1. to perceive or examine by touch. 2. to have a sensation of (something), other than by sight, hearing, taste, or smell: to feel a toothache. 3. to find or pursue (one s way) by touching, groping, or cautious… …
6compassion — mid 14c., from O.Fr. compassion sympathy, pity (12c.), from L.L. compassionem (nom. compassio) sympathy, noun of state from pp. stem of compati to feel pity, from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + pati to suffer (see PASSION (Cf …
7compassion — [kəm pash′ən] n. [ME & OFr < LL(Ec) compassio, sympathy < compassus, pp. of compati, to feel pity < L com , together + pati, to suffer: see PASSION] sorrow for the sufferings or trouble of another or others, accompanied by an urge to… …
8compassion — com|pas|sion [kəmˈpæʃən] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Late Latin compassio, from compati to feel sympathy , from Latin com ( COM ) + pati to suffer ] a strong feeling of sympathy for someone who is suffering, and a desire to help …
9compassion — noun (U) a strong feeling of sympathy for someone who is suffering, and a desire to help them (+ for): compassion for the poor and sick | feel/show compassion: Come have a drink, offered Cook, feeling compassion. | be filled with compassion… …
10compassion — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, great ▪ genuine, true ▪ human VERB + COMPASSION ▪ be filled with …
