noun
a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
• Syn: ↑compassion
• Derivationally related forms: ↑compassionate, ↑compassionate (for: ↑compassion)
• Hypernyms: ↑sympathy, ↑fellow feeling
• Hyponyms: ↑heartstrings, ↑tenderness, ↑tenderheartedness, ↑mercifulness, ↑mercy
Useful english dictionary. 2012.