Relationships

What does Compersion mean?

Pleasure, warmth, or happiness connected to a partner experiencing joy or intimacy with someone else. It can coexist with jealousy and is not a requirement of consensual non-monogamy.

Concise definition

Compersion

Pleasure, warmth, or happiness connected to a partner experiencing joy or intimacy with someone else. It can coexist with jealousy and is not a requirement of consensual non-monogamy.

This Lexicon entry defines the term without assuming interest, readiness, experience, or consent.