Compassion

(kom-păsh'un), n. [Fr. compassion, Sp. compasion, It. compassione, Pr. & Lat. compassio, from Lat. compati, compassus, from com and pati, passus, to bear, suffer. See PATIENCE.] A suffering with another; sympathy; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration. “Womanly ingenuity set to work by womanly compassion.” Macaulay. Syn.—Pity; sympathy; commiseration; fellow-feeling. See PITY.