All 4 Uses
compassion
in
Tuesdays with Morrie
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- We talked about one of Morrie's favorite subjects, compassion, and why our society had such a shortage of it.
Chpt 9 *compassion = sympathy for another's suffering
- They also missed compassion—something the staff ran out of quickly.†
Chpt 16compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help
- My old professor had even coaxed compassion out of the television business.†
Chpt 22
- "Be compassionate," Morrie whispered.†
Chpt 22compassionate = feeling or showing sympathy for another's suffering
Definitions:
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(1)
(compassion) sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)