Meaning of compassion | Babel Free

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1. Deep awareness of the suffering of others that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such states
2. Deep awareness of the suffering of others that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such states.
   uncountable, usually
3. 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
4. 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.
   broadly, uncountable, usually
5. Deep awareness of the suffering of another accompanied by the wish to relieve it. See Synonyms at pity.
6. To pity
7. a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for someone struck by misfortune, accompanied by a desire to alleviate the suffering; mercy.
8. Sympathetic, sad concern for someone in misfortune:commiseration, condolence, empathy, pity, sympathy.
9. sorrow or pity for the sufferings of another person. deernis, medelye, meegevoel شَفَقَه، حُنُو съчуствие compaixão slitování, soucit das Mitleid medfølelse; medlidenhed συμπόνιαcompasión kaastunne ترحم؛ دلسوزی myötätunto compassionחמלה अनुकंपा, दया sućut, samilost, sažaljenje szánalom belas kasihan samúð compassione 同情 측은한 마음 gailestis, užuojauta līdzjūtība belas kasihan medelevenmedlidenhet, medynk, barmhjertighetlitość زړسوى، خواخوږى، رحكم، همدردى compaixão compa­siune сострадание súcit so...
10. barmhartig, medelydend شَفيق، مُشْفِق съчуствен compassivo soucitný mitleidsvoll medfølende συμπονετικόςcompasivo kaastundlik دلسوز؛ ترحم آمیز myötätuntoinen compatissant רַחֲמָנִי करुणामय sućutan, samilostan, sažalan könyörületes kasihan, iba samúðarfullur compassionevole あわれみ深い 인정많은 gailestingas līdzjūtīgs perasaan belas kasihan medelevendmedfølende, medlidende, barmhjertig litościwy زړه سوز compassivo plin de com­­pasiune сострадательный súcitný sočuten saosećajnost medlidsam, barmhärtig ท...
11. compasión, lástima.
12. a feeling of distress and pity for the suffering or misfortune of another, often including the desire to alleviate it
13. n → Mitgefühl nt, → Mitleid nt → (for mit); (esp Bibl) → Erbarmen nt → (on, for mit)
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Examples

“Oh! the unspeakable privilege to have Him for our Father, who is the Father of mercies and compassions, and those not barren, fruitless pityings, for He is withal the God of all consolations.”

“Other people's problems, they overwhelm my mind / They say compassion is a virtue, but I don't have the time”

“In many ways, people today lack compassion as a way to internalize and experience the inner soul of the other person, animals, and the universe. We need to reintroduce compassion so humanity may survive.”

“Ethics of compassion are grounded in one's mindful commitment to one's own happiness with the recognition that the well being that one wishes for oneself also is wished for by others.”

“From Master's words, I understand that having compassion does not mean allowing people to take advantage of us. We can be kind but we should uphold moral values.”

“Similarly to the practice of loving kindness, meditation on compassion towards our own experience builds the foundation for expansion of the circle of compassion towards others.”

“True leadership lies in compassion, not in coercion.”

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