Both Uses
compassion
in
Girl Interrupted
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- For a moment, I felt compassion for myself and all the unhappiness I contained.†
*compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help
- A few started out with compassion, they ended up bitter, because we took advantage of them.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(compassion) sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)