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Definition
sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help
- She would be compassionate to the character of children but tended to avoid holding them on her lap.p. 119.5
- Maybe they were too similar to even recognize much of a problem, both having huge compassionate hearts that never even considered revenge or small-mindedness, both howling and wheezing with laughter over the frailest joke, both carrying their own theatre on their backs.p. 125.0
There are no more uses of "compassion" in Running in the Family.
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