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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Compassion

/kəm-păsh'-ən/ · Com·pas·sion · IPA /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/
01 n. Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration.
  1. 1.
    Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration.
    “Womanly ingenuity set to work by womanly compassion.” Macaulay.
02 v. t. To pity.
  1. 1.
    To pity.[Obs.]