All 6 Uses of

compassion
in
Persuasion, by Jane Austen

Herself the widow of only a knight, she gave the dignity of a baronet all its due; and Sir Walter, independent of his claims as an old acquaintance, an attentive neighbour, an obliging landlord, the husband of her very dear friend, the father of Anne and her sisters, was, as being Sir Walter, in her apprehension, entitled to a great deal of compassion and consideration under his present difficulties.†
Chpt 2

compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help

Her kind, compassionate visits to this old schoolfellow, sick and reduced, seemed to have quite delighted Mr Elliot.†
Chpt 17 *

compassionate = feeling or showing sympathy for another's suffering

In spite of the mischief of his attentions, she owed him gratitude and regard, perhaps compassion.†
Chpt 21

compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help

He is totally beyond the reach of any sentiment of justice or compassion.†
Chpt 21

Mrs Smith had been carried away from her first direction, and Anne had forgotten, in the interest of her own family concerns, how much had been originally implied against him; but her attention was now called to the explanation of those first hints, and she listened to a recital which, if it did not perfectly justify the unqualified bitterness of Mrs Smith, proved him to have been very unfeeling in his conduct towards her; very deficient both in justice and compassion.†
Chpt 21

When I found he was really going to his friends at Thornberry Park for the whole day to-morrow, I had compassion on him.†
Chpt 22