All 4 Uses
compassion
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The Soloist
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- He was a chamber of commerce conservative and vice president of Bullock's department store, but Rice was no less compassionate than Lowery and at least as determined to serve the needy and clean up downtown in the process.†
Chpt 1.5compassionate = feeling or showing sympathy for another's suffering
- After decades of inadequate services and lack of awareness or compassion, Nathaniel has put a human face on the suffering of thousands and on the work of those, like the Van Horns, whose mission is to help them.†
Chpt 1.6 *compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help
- I see now how someone really sick can burn through your patience, if not your sense of compassion.†
Chpt 1.12
- I see traces of anger, compassion, guilt and helplessness.†
Chpt 3.29
Definitions:
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(1)
(compassion) sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)