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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