Associations to the word «Compassion»
Noun
- Empathy
- Tenderness
- Humility
- Kindness
- Benevolence
- Forgiveness
- Pity
- Gentleness
- Generosity
- Suffering
- Lama
- Mercy
- Buddha
- Sympathy
- Honesty
- Wisdom
- Caring
- Sufferer
- Mantra
- Buddhism
- Yin
- Remorse
- Embodiment
- Bowel
- Buddhist
- Sutra
- Cruelty
- Fairness
- Indignation
- Sincerity
- Sorrow
- Emptiness
- Loving
- Spirituality
- Tolerance
- Maha
- Dharma
- Meditation
- Virtue
- Enlightenment
- Goodness
- Misfortune
- Karma
- Righteousness
- Misery
- Holiness
- Fortitude
- Hinduism
- Patience
- Courage
- Wretch
- Greed
- Entreaty
- Integrity
- Distress
- Sadness
- Understanding
- Fatigue
- Anguish
- Purity
- Charity
- Openness
- Grief
- Contempt
- Alms
- Indigo
- Affection
- Humanity
- Decency
Adjective
Wiktionary
COMPASSION, noun. Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it
COMPASSION, verb. (obsolete) To pity.
COMPASSION FATIGUE, noun. Exhaustion of the capacity to react with sympathy to another's misfortune owing to one's overexposure to previous misfortunes.
Dictionary definition
COMPASSION, noun. A deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering.
COMPASSION, noun. The humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it.
Wise words
To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of
understanding; one must use the same words for the same
genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's
experiences in common.