Converse of object

• feel: Can the West feel more compassion for the Iranians than the Iranians themselves?

• deserve: Suicide is always tragic because it cuts life short, but people who suffer hardship and distress deserve compassion.

• show: Eighty four per cent of people said they thought public figures should show more compassion.

• demonstrate: Many men are insensitive to a woman's needs, lack insight, are emotionally naive and demonstrate little compassion.

• express: To win Middle England there is little point in expressing compassion for those children who would be excluded by the Government's reforms.

• have: Are you telling me you have no compassion for these people?

Converse of subject

• motivate: This is the first decision he makes motivated by compassion for Verna - all the others are motivated by compassion for Leo.

Adjective modifier

• infinite: And all this without bargain or condition, and unconstrained by any motive save His own infinite compassion.

• genuine: Let's be clear today, following Jesus requires us to receive from Him a genuine compassion for people.

• immense: Apart from being inspired by his great heart and immense compassion for these unhappy people, Dr. Rodocanachi was also acting from another impulse.

• divine: Man's sin was brought into the presence of infinite holiness, a divine compassion and a perfect redemption.

• universal: We are moving toward a universal compassion because, if we do not, we will cause our own extinction.

• deep: Above all, Bishop Victor was a man of deep compassion.

Modifies a noun

• fatigue: In Britain today there is no compassion fatigue: in Britain today there is a goodwill mountain waiting to be tapped.

Noun used with modifier

• tender: We dare not turn our backs on the tender compassion of Jesus.

Preposition: in

• farming: Greens demand compassion in farming: We believe that animals have rights and are not industrial products.

Preposition: for

• suffering: Fourthly we have seeming lack of compassion for the suffering.

• being: SCULLY: What you showed me was a contemptible lack of compassion for another human being.

• victim: The lack of care and compassion for the real victims.