compassionn.

/kəmˈpaʃən/

Forms: Also Middle English compassioun, compassione, Middle English–1500s compassyon, Middle English compascyon.

Etymology: < French compassion (14th cent. in Littré), < late Latin compassiōn-em (Tertullian, Jerome), noun of action < compati (participial stem compass-) to suffer together with, feel pity, < com- together with + pati to suffer.

†1. Suffering together with another, participation in suffering; fellow-feeling, sympathy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > sympathy

compassion1340

compatience1398

fellow-feeling1578

sympathy1600

condolence1603

condolencya1631

compassivity1667

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 148 Huanne on leme is zik oþer y-wonded. hou moche zorȝe heþ þe herte and grat compassion y-uelþ.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. i. 100 The membres ben so sette togyders that..euery hath compassyon of other.

1561 R. Eden in tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation Pref. sig. ¶ii^v Such a mutuall compassion of parte to parte..by one common sence existent in them all.

1635 A. Gil Sacred Philos. Holy Script. iv. xxviii. 63 That it was onely by a vegetable or animall soule, which suffered by compassion with the body.

a. The feeling or emotion, when a person is moved by the suffering or distress of another, and by the desire to relieve it; pity that inclines one to spare or to succour. Const. on (of obsolete).The compassion of sense 1 was between equals or fellow-sufferers; this is shown towards a person in distress by one who is free from it, who is, in this respect, his superior.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun]

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ruenessa1225

ruefulnessc1225

birewnessa1250

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ruea1325

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mildc1390

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ruthnessa1400

tendernessa1400

compunction1430

bowels of compassion1526

remorse1538

commiseration1582

kindheartedness1583

commorse1595

earning1603

tender-heartedness1607

compassionateness1614

visceraa1651

ruthfulness1674

karuna1850

c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 36 Þou may thynke of synnes and of wrechidnes of thyne euencristene..with pete and of compassione of thaym.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Joel ii. 12 The Lorde..is..longe sufferynge & of greate compassion.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 56 Mou'd with compassion of my Countries wracke.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) ix. 386 In Compassion whereof the worthy Gentleman doubled his Wages.

1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads i. 23 You on me compassion may show.

1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxvi. 56 You have every claim to compassion, that can arise from misery and distress.

1823 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War I. 352 In compassion to her grief, and in answer to her prayers.

1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. vii. 148 Compassion..gives the person who feels it pleasure even in the very act of ministering to and succouring pain.

†b. with plural. Obsolete or archaic.

ΚΠ

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. YYYiii^v All the compassions & mercyes, that thou shewed to the people.

1611 Bible (King James) Lament. iii. 22 His compassions faile not.

1787 J. Whitaker Mary Queen of Scots Vindicated in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Queen of Scots (1824) 263 All the little jealousies of the rival will surely melt away in the compassions of the woman.

c. to have compassion: to have pity, take pity. So †to take compassion (upon, of).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity or compassion [verb (intransitive)] > show pity or compassion

to have (also take) pitya1300

to have compassionc1384

to take compassion (upon, of)a1593

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Heb. x. 34 For whi and to boundun men ȝe hadden compassioun.

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 390 Prol. And han of pore folk compassioun.

1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton C iv I haue grete ruthe and compassion on you.

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. H4^v Thy hart..Could not but take compassion of my state.

1611 Bible (King James) Exod. ii. 6 She had compassion on him.

a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) ii. i. 164 I..besought him not so to have compassion of a daughter whom he had made miserable.

1723 B. Mandeville Ess. Charity in Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 290 Humanity bids us have Compassion with the Sufferings of others.

1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 104 Have compassion on the mighty whom love hath abased.

†3. Sorrowful emotion, sorrow, grief. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [noun]

rueeOE

teeneOE

sorrowOE

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balec1275

sighinga1300

dolour13..

ermingc1300

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discomfortc1350

griefa1375

tristourc1380

desolation1382

sichinga1387

tristesse1390

compassiona1400

rueinga1400

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woenessa1600

desertion1694

ruesomeness1881

schmerz1887

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 23945 (heading) (MED) Compassioun of our lauedi for þe passioun of hir sone.

1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) i. sig. Aij/1 Teres of compascyon, teres of compunccion, teres of loue, & of deuocyon.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C2^v Her hart gan melt in great compassion, And drizling teares did shed for pure affection.

Draft additions April 2002

compassion fatigue n. originally U.S. apathy or indifference towards the suffering of others or to charitable causes acting on their behalf, typically attributed to numbingly frequent appeals for assistance, esp. donations; (hence) a diminishing public response to frequent charitable appeals.

ΚΠ

1968 A. W. Farmer in Minutes Comm. World Service (Lutheran World Federation) 64 You have been hearing and perhaps using, as I have, the phrase ‘Compassion Fatigue’. We are just tired out with all the repeated appeals to do good.

1987 Listener 29 Oct. 19/2 What the refugee workers call ‘compassion fatigue’ has set in. Back in the 1970s, when the boat people were on the front pages, the world was eager to help. But now the boat people are old news.

1995 S. Nye Best of Men behaving Badly (2000) 4th Ser. Episode 6. 161/2 Deborah. Anything to help Dorothy? Gary. No, thanks, I'll shoulder the burden of caring for her. Deborah. Oh, well, maybe later, when compassion fatigue sets in.

2000 Big Issue 4 Sept. 25/2 In a culture exhausted by compassion fatigue, shock is now used more cautiously.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	compassion
释义	compassionn. /kəmˈpaʃən/ Forms: Also Middle English compassioun, compassione, Middle English–1500s compassyon, Middle English compascyon. Etymology: < French compassion (14th cent. in Littré), < late Latin compassiōn-em (Tertullian, Jerome), noun of action < compati (participial stem compass-) to suffer together with, feel pity, < com- together with + pati to suffer. †1. Suffering together with another, participation in suffering; fellow-feeling, sympathy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > sympathy compassion1340 compatience1398 fellow-feeling1578 sympathy1600 condolence1603 condolencya1631 compassivity1667 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 148 Huanne on leme is zik oþer y-wonded. hou moche zorȝe heþ þe herte and grat compassion y-uelþ. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. i. 100 The membres ben so sette togyders that..euery hath compassyon of other. 1561 R. Eden in tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation Pref. sig. ¶ii^v Such a mutuall compassion of parte to parte..by one common sence existent in them all. 1635 A. Gil Sacred Philos. Holy Script. iv. xxviii. 63 That it was onely by a vegetable or animall soule, which suffered by compassion with the body. 2. a. The feeling or emotion, when a person is moved by the suffering or distress of another, and by the desire to relieve it; pity that inclines one to spare or to succour. Const. on (of obsolete).The compassion of sense 1 was between equals or fellow-sufferers; this is shown towards a person in distress by one who is free from it, who is, in this respect, his superior. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] rutha1200 ruenessa1225 ruefulnessc1225 birewnessa1250 pityc1300 ruea1325 compassionc1340 midtholing1340 miserationa1382 rueinga1382 bowel1382 mildc1390 tendresse1390 ruefulhead?a1400 ruthnessa1400 tendernessa1400 compunction1430 bowels of compassion1526 remorse1538 commiseration1582 kindheartedness1583 commorse1595 earning1603 tender-heartedness1607 compassionateness1614 visceraa1651 ruthfulness1674 karuna1850 c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 36 Þou may thynke of synnes and of wrechidnes of thyne euencristene..with pete and of compassione of thaym. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Joel ii. 12 The Lorde..is..longe sufferynge & of greate compassion. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 56 Mou'd with compassion of my Countries wracke. View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) ix. 386 In Compassion whereof the worthy Gentleman doubled his Wages. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads i. 23 You on me compassion may show. 1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxvi. 56 You have every claim to compassion, that can arise from misery and distress. 1823 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War I. 352 In compassion to her grief, and in answer to her prayers. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. vii. 148 Compassion..gives the person who feels it pleasure even in the very act of ministering to and succouring pain. †b. with plural. Obsolete or archaic. ΚΠ 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. YYYiii^v All the compassions & mercyes, that thou shewed to the people. 1611 Bible (King James) Lament. iii. 22 His compassions faile not. View more context for this quotation 1787 J. Whitaker Mary Queen of Scots Vindicated in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Queen of Scots (1824) 263 All the little jealousies of the rival will surely melt away in the compassions of the woman. c. to have compassion: to have pity, take pity. So †to take compassion (upon, of). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity or compassion [verb (intransitive)] > show pity or compassion to have (also take) pitya1300 to have compassionc1384 to take compassion (upon, of)a1593 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Heb. x. 34 For whi and to boundun men ȝe hadden compassioun. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 390 Prol. And han of pore folk compassioun. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton C iv I haue grete ruthe and compassion on you. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. H4^v Thy hart..Could not but take compassion of my state. 1611 Bible (King James) Exod. ii. 6 She had compassion on him. View more context for this quotation a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) ii. i. 164 I..besought him not so to have compassion of a daughter whom he had made miserable. 1723 B. Mandeville Ess. Charity in Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 290 Humanity bids us have Compassion with the Sufferings of others. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 104 Have compassion on the mighty whom love hath abased. †3. Sorrowful emotion, sorrow, grief. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [noun] rueeOE teeneOE sorrowOE gramec1000 sytec1175 ruthc1225 dolea1240 balec1275 sighinga1300 dolour13.. ermingc1300 heartbreakc1330 discomfortc1350 griefa1375 tristourc1380 desolation1382 sichinga1387 tristesse1390 compassiona1400 rueinga1400 smarta1400 displeasure14.. gremec1400 heavity14.. dillc1420 notea1425 discomforturec1450 dolefulnessc1450 wandremec1450 regratec1485 doleance1490 trista1510 mispleasance1532 pathologiesa1586 balefulness1590 drearing1591 distressedness1592 woenessa1600 desertion1694 ruesomeness1881 schmerz1887 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 23945 (heading) (MED) Compassioun of our lauedi for þe passioun of hir sone. 1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) i. sig. Aij/1 Teres of compascyon, teres of compunccion, teres of loue, & of deuocyon. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C2^v Her hart gan melt in great compassion, And drizling teares did shed for pure affection. Draft additions April 2002 compassion fatigue n. originally U.S. apathy or indifference towards the suffering of others or to charitable causes acting on their behalf, typically attributed to numbingly frequent appeals for assistance, esp. donations; (hence) a diminishing public response to frequent charitable appeals. ΚΠ 1968 A. W. Farmer in Minutes Comm. World Service (Lutheran World Federation) 64 You have been hearing and perhaps using, as I have, the phrase ‘Compassion Fatigue’. We are just tired out with all the repeated appeals to do good. 1987 Listener 29 Oct. 19/2 What the refugee workers call ‘compassion fatigue’ has set in. Back in the 1970s, when the boat people were on the front pages, the world was eager to help. But now the boat people are old news. 1995 S. Nye Best of Men behaving Badly (2000) 4th Ser. Episode 6. 161/2 Deborah. Anything to help Dorothy? Gary. No, thanks, I'll shoulder the burden of caring for her. Deborah. Oh, well, maybe later, when compassion fatigue sets in. 2000 Big Issue 4 Sept. 25/2 In a culture exhausted by compassion fatigue, shock is now used more cautiously. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). compassionv. Etymology: < compassion n., or probably < French compassionner (15th cent. in Littré) to compassionate.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: comˈpassion. transitive. To have compassion on, to pity. (‘A word scarcely used’, Johnson.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity for [verb (transitive)] > show pity or compassion to tender1442 commiserate1587 compassion1594 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. i. 123 Can you heare a goodman grone And not relent, or not compassion him? View more context for this quotation 1627 Ld. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 72 Shall I..compassion those that do attempt my ruine? 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxxii. 222 The people who compassioned his youth, his virtue and his noble birth. 1873 Argosy 16 35 Dr. Knox compassioned Janet's hard place. Derivatives comˈpassioning n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > showing or expressing commiserate1593 commiserantc1606 commiserating1609 commiserative1614 commiserable1618 compassionating1635 compassioning1830 1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 226 Both wanted..a kind, compassioning adviser. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1340v.1594
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compassionv.

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