empathy.

The capacity to understand or share another's experience from their perspective.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• empathy for others
• develop empathy

On the page

The account invites empathy without excusing the character's choices.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, interpretation. Commonness: moderately common.