compassió — meaning in English
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English meaning
- compassion noun A deep sense of concern for someone else's suffering, strong enough to make you want to help.
- rue verb To bitterly regret something, especially a decision or action.
- sympathy noun A feeling of pity or sorrow for someone else's suffering or misfortune.
Senses
compassió is used for these senses in English:
- compassion (by extension, psychology) 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.
- rue (archaic, or, dialectal) Pity; compassion.
- sympathy A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
rue — full definition
- verb To bitterly regret something, especially a decision or action.
- noun An old-fashioned bitter-tasting herb once used in traditional medicine.