compassion — meaning in English
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English meaning
- clemency noun Mercy or leniency shown toward someone who could rightfully be punished.
- compassion noun A deep sense of concern for someone else's suffering, strong enough to make you want to help.
- pity noun A feeling of sorrow or sympathy for someone else's suffering.
- sympathy noun A feeling of pity or sorrow for someone else's suffering or misfortune.
Senses
compassion is used for these senses in English:
- clemency The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.
- 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.
- pity (uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
- sympathy A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
clemency — full definition
- noun Mercy or leniency shown toward someone who could rightfully be punished.
- noun An official act reducing or cancelling a legal punishment, such as a pardon.