compassion: difference between revisions

 

===Pronunciation===

* {{rhymes|en|æʃən|s=3}}

 

===Noun===

#* '''1849''', Robert Leighton (Archbishop of Glasgow), ''A practical commentary upon the first Epistle of St. Peter'' (page 47)

#*: Oh! the unspeakable privilege to have Him for our Father, who is the Father of mercies and '''compassions''', and those not barren, fruitless pityings, for He is withal the God of all consolations.

#* {{quote-book|en|year=2002|author=Werner J. Krieglstein|title=Compassion: A New Philosophy of the Other|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=RCuxPCV5sAYC&pg=PA149&dq=%22compassion%22%7C%22compassions%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwixhZy_s5jOAhUGw4MKHbCxCZwQ6AEI9QMwVA#v=onepage&q=%22compassion%22%7C%22compassions%22&f=false|page=149|passage=In many ways, people today lack '''compassion''' as a way to internalize and experience the inner soul of the other person, animals, and the universe. We need to reintroduce '''compassion''' so humanity may survive.}}

#* {{quote-book|en|year=2008|author=Richard Reilly|title=Ethics of Compassion: Bridging Ethical Theory and Religious Moral Discourse|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=z4V86ZNX6dIC&pg=PA1&dq=%22compassion%22%7C%22compassions%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwixhZy_s5jOAhUGw4MKHbCxCZwQ6AEIzAIwNA#v=onepage&q=%22compassion%22%7C%22compassions%22&f=false|page=1|passage=Ethics of '''compassion''' are grounded in one's mindful commitment to one's own happiness with the recognition that the well being that one wishes for oneself also is wished for by others.}}

{{trans-top|deep awareness of the suffering of another}}

* Albanian: {{t+|sq|mëshirë|f}}

* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կարեկցանք}}

* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|şəfqət}}, {{t|az|rəhm}}

* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|състрада́ние|n}}, {{t+|bg|съчу́вствие|n}}

* Burmese: {{t+|my|ကရုဏာ}}, {{t+|my|အကြင်နာ}}

* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏣᏘ}}

* Chinese:

* Czech: {{t|cs|soustrast|f}}, {{t+|cs|soucit|m}}

* Danish: {{t|da|medfølelse|c}} {{qualifier|sympathy}}, {{t|da|medlidenhed|c}} {{qualifier|pity}}

* Kazakh: {{t|kk|жаны ашу}}

* Khmer: {{t|km|មេត្តាធម៌}}, {{t+|km|មេត្តា}}

* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|боорукердик}}, {{t+|ky|кайрымдуулук}}

* Lao: {{t|lo|ເມດຕາ}}

* Latin: {{t+|la|misericordia|f}}

* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|užuojauta|f}}

* Macedonian: {{t|mk|сочувство|n}}

* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|അനുകമ്പ}}, {{t|ml|സഹാനുഭൂതി}}

* Manx: {{t|gv|erreeish|f}}

* Maori: {{t|mi|whakaaroha}}, {{t|mi|tauwhirotanga}}, {{t|mi|atawhaitanga}}, {{t|mi|ngākau aroha}}

* Middle English: {{t|enm|compassioun}}

* Mirandese: {{t-needed|mwl}}

*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|medfølelse|m}}

* Occitan: {{t+|oc|compassion|f}}

* Persian: {{t+|fa|رحم|tr=rahm}}, {{t+|fa|شفقت|tr=šafaqat}}

* Polish: {{t+|pl|współczucie|n}}

* Urdu: {{t|ur|ترس|m|tr=tars, taras}}, {{t|ur|رحم|m|tr=rahm}}

* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|shafqat}}, {{t+|uz|rahm}}

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# {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[pity]].

#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Titus|IV|i|line=124|text=O heavens, can you hear a good man groan / And not relent, or not '''compassion''' him?}}

#* {{quote-book|en|year=1836|author=William A. Brewer|title=The Widow's Son'', in ''Recreations of a Merchant; Or, The Christian Sketch-book|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=1-oqAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA27&dq=%22compassioned%22%7C%22compassioning%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjcnLySw5jOAhWL24MKHUyrC2gQ6AEIbDAO#v=onepage&q=%22compassioned%22%7C%22compassioning%22&f=false|page=27|passage=The widow's tears flowed wildly. / But Oh! a harbinger of life approached — / God, manifest in flesh — '''compassioned''' her, / And bade her weep no more.}}

 

 

[[Category:English terms suffixed with -ion]]

 

==French==

 

===Etymology===

 

===Pronunciation===

* {{fr-IPA|[pas:pâs]}}

 

===Noun===

{{fr-noun|f}}

 

 

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