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Compassion is a feeling of sympathy or pity for others, especially one that makes you want to help them.

Compassion is sometimes used interchangeably with sympathy, which most most commonly means the sharing of emotions with someone else, especially sadness. Both words are used in the context of feeling sorry for people who are in negative situations. But compassion is often understood as a feeling that motivates you to help them.

The opposite of compassion is often thought to be indifference or cold-heartedness.

Someone who has compassion for others can be described as compassionate. Being compassionate typically means you care and you want to help.

Example: We should treat people with compassion because that’s how we want to be treated.

The first records of the word compassion come from the 1300s. It comes from the Late Latin ���dz��貹������ō, meaning “fellow feeling,” from ���dz��貹��ī, “to suffer with.” Compassion and sympathy are sometimes used to mean the same thing, and their roots mean the same things, too. The pathy in sympathy and the passion in compassion are both rooted in words that mean “to suffer,” and the com- and sym- at the beginning of each word both mean “with.”

Compassion may involve sharing in someone’s suffering, but the word most commonly refers to a desire to end that suffering by helping in some way. It’s often associated with other words related to caring about people, such as kindness and empathy.

The phrase compassion fatigue refers to a kind of burnout that can result from constantly having to care for others or from being frequently faced with things intended to produce compassion, such as frequent requests for charitable donations.

What are some other forms related to compassion?

• compassionate (adjective)
• compassionless (adjective)

What are some synonyms for compassion?

• tenderness
• mercy
• humanity
• kindness
• benevolence
• clemency
• sympathy

What are some words that share a root or word element with compassion?��

• passion

What are some words that often get used in discussing compassion?

• care
• love
• treat
• people
• kind
• empathy

Compassion is often used in the discussion of why people should treat others with kindness—as well as in the discussion of how some people don’t.

Be mindful of your reactions. When you’re negative, it will bring about negative consequences. Always choose kindness, love and compassion over anger, pride, jealousy, arrogance and malice. Learn to respond in a positive manner. It will have a huge impact on your life!

— Mufti Menk (@muftimenk)

Forgiveness doesn’t come easily for everyone, but the kind of forgiveness that really matters is the forgiveness that resides in your own heart.
Self-compassion is what will enable you to learn and grow and become the best version of yourself.
Have a Nice day.

— Baddoleesa (@baddoleesa)

In these unprecedented times empathy and common decency are key to protecting all Americans. Such despicable actions from a public servant simply serve to show the lack of compassion exhibited for everyday Texans.

— Dr. Eliz Markowitz (@ElizMarkowitz)

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Which of the following words is NOT a synonym of compassion?

A. happiness
B. kindness
C. sympathy
D. clemency