Is there a word for viewing sorrow?
I seem to recall one, but for the life of me, am unable to remember what it is.

Empathy is the ability to emotionally relate, so it is not that one.
Sympathy is basically the same thing; yet both words are an emotional connection.

I am looking for the word that simply describes the act of viewing sorrow.

Thank you guys.

Sorry I have been a stranger for so long.

Rev. Alimae