compassionate love
a form of love that emphasizes the well-being of another person. Compassionate love is affectionate and giving, focused on reducing the other’s suffering and promoting the other’s flourishing. Originally used to define a type of selfless caring described by several religious traditions, the concept is now applied broadly to romantic partners, family members, social groups, and humanity as a whole. Compassionate love is similar to the Platonic ideal of altruistic love. See also agape; companionate love; passionate love.