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# compassion

«compassion» in Mova's school dictionary: **A strong feeling of sympathy and sadness for someone who…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (compassion, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A strong feeling of sympathy and sadness for someone who is suffering, together with wanting to help them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compassion/#m1)

2) (church, ethics) Kindness and care shown to people in need; Christians believe Jesus showed compassion to the sick and poor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compassion/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In ethics and religion lessons compassion is a key value: the Good Samaritan shows compassion to the hurt man. In stories a character's compassion makes them help others even when it is hard. Phrases: «show compassion», «feel compassion for», «with compassion», «full of compassion», «out of compassion».

### examples

- The nurse treated every patient with compassion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compassion/#x1)
- Jesus felt compassion for the hungry crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compassion/#x2)
- Showing compassion means helping, not just feeling sorry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compassion/#x3)
- The Good Samaritan stopped out of compassion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compassion/#x4)
- She felt compassion for the lost puppy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compassion/#x5)
- Our school collects food for families, as an act of compassion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compassion/#x6)
- Touched with compassion, he said to himself: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compassion/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: compassionate. Similar: empathy (understanding feelings), pity (feeling sorry, sometimes from above). Compassion adds the wish to help.

### In the corpora

- [And she had compassion on him, and said: 'This is one of the Hebrews' children.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.30/)
- [And Saul said: 'Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have had compassion on me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.685/)
- [Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1097/)
- [For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great compassion will I gather thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1192/)
- [And I will grant you compassion, that he may have compassion upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1139/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «compassion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compassion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.