The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
The placement of interest or worry on a subject.
That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.
A worry; a sense that something may be wrong; an identification of a possible problem.
A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
To make somebody worried.
A writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals involving the use of strong emotions such as pity.
An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character.
In theology and existentialist ethics following Kierkegaard and Heidegger, a deep and abiding commitment of the heart, as in the notion of "finding your passion" as an important aspect of a fully lived, engaged life.
Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.
The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.