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compassion

[kəmˈpæʃn]

📖 Definition

n. sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it

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💬 Example Sentence

The crowd's compassion reaction forced the officials to reconsider their decision.

📝 Word Roots & Related

passsuffer impassive adj. im=not impassioned adj. im=into

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