Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Compassion
compass (-ed)compel (-led, -leth, -ling)
compassion, n. [Fr. compassion < late L. compassion-em, to suffer together with, feel pity.]
- Concern; love; caring; empathy; charity; kindness; sympathy; deep feeling.
- Phrase: “take compassion”: have pity, feel sorry for; [fig.] look after; care for; give relief.
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