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com·pas·sion

 (kəm-păsh′ən)
n.
Deep awareness of the suffering of another accompanied by the wish to relieve it. See Synonyms at pity.

[Middle English compassioun, from Late Latin compassiō, compassiōn-, from compassus, past participle of compatī, to sympathize : Latin com-, com- + Latin patī, to suffer; see pē(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

com·pas′sion·less adj.
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compassionless

(kəmˈpæʃənlɪs)
adj
having no compassion
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