compassion

Compassion means to have sympathy and want to help a person or people who are going through a difficult time. (noun)

An American going to Haiti to help those affected by the 2010 earthquake is an example of compassion.

See compassion in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

sorrow for the sufferings or trouble of another or others, accompanied by an urge to help; deep sympathy; pity

See compassion in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(kəm-păshˈən)

noun

Deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it. See Synonyms at pity.

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