compassioun
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French compassion, from Ecclesiastical Latin compassio; equivalent to con- + passioun.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]compassioun (uncountable)
- compassion (empathy for the suffering)
- Suffering with another.
- (rare) That which damages; injury.
Descendants
[edit]- English: compassion
References
[edit]- “compassiǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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