What is the purpose of Empathy? Empathy definition: The ability to share and feel others feelings. Also the meaning of empathy is to show others you care for them and listen what happened to make them feel better. Once my sister broke up with her boyfriend even though they have been together for two years, the relationship meant a lot to her and when they broke up she started crying. I felt empathy for her because I knew what it was like to lose someone you love. And by showing empathy towards her I sat there hugging her and crying along with her to show empathy for her. Someone I knew had a dog that passed away because the dog had cancer for the past year but, no one knew. The dog’s body couldn’t fight cancer any longer and a week after
