Compassion

n.	1.	Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration. Womanly ingenuity set to work by womanly compassion. - Macaulay.
v. t.	1.	To pity.

Noun	1.	compassion - a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering Synonyms: compassionateness
	2.	compassion - the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it Synonyms: pity

acceptance, affectionateness, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, brotherhood, charity, clemency, clementness, condolence, easiness, easygoingness, empathy, favor, feeling, feeling of kinship, fellow feeling, forbearance, forbearing, forgiveness, fraternal feeling, gentleness, goodness, goodness of heart, grace, graciousness, heart of gold, humaneness, humanity, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindly disposition, kindness, laxness, lenience, leniency, lenientness, lenity, loving kindness, mercifulness, mildness, mitigation, moderateness, niceness, pardon, pathos, patience, quarter, relief, reprieve, rue, ruth, self-pity, softheartedness, softness, soul of kindness, tenderheartedness, tenderness, tolerance, warmheartedness, warmth, warmth of heart