Com‑pas‑sion

Definition

compassion /kǝm'pæʃn/ n [U] ~ (for sb) အသနား။ က႐ုဏာ။ အၾကင္နာေမတၱာ။ စာနာ႐ိုင္းပင္းတတ္မႈ။ be filled with compassion ❍ a woman of great compassion ❍ The plight of the refugees arouses our compassion. ❍ Out of (ie Because of) compassion for her terrible suffering they allowed her to stay. ❏ compassionate /kǝm'pæʃǝnǝt/ adj ေမတၱာက႐ုဏာ တရား ႀကီးမားေသာ။ အၾကင္နာပိုေသာ။ They allowed her to stay on compassionate grounds (ie out of compassion). compassionately adv ❏ compassionate leave n [U] ( Brit ) သာေရးနာေရးခြင့္။ ကိုယ္ေရးကိုယ္တာခြင့္။ She was allowed compassionate leave from work to attend her father's funeral.

Examples

1. They had acted out of compassion.
2. Both women shared a compassion for victims of war.