compassion

[US]/kəmˈpæʃn/
[UK]/kəmˈpæʃn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. sympathy, pity

Phrases & Collocations

show compassion

compassionate actions

Example Sentences

compassion is not Jack's strong suit.

a man of compassion and depth of feeling.

Moved by compassion, I didn't press for payment.

The queen showed great compassion for her people.

She showed no compassion for her patients.

if I feel compassion for her, it is not to be wondered at .

Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.

The notion advocated by Buddhism, boundless compassion and uncontainable pity, is the best method to set up a harmonious relation between persons.

Your degrees can befool people, may even befool yourself, but you cannot have the joy, the blissfulness, the peace, the silence, the compassion of a Gautam Buddha.

But how magically his singing violin can conjure up a tendresse, a compassion for Lolita that makes us entranced with the book while abhorring its author!

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