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Compassionate

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).

    "The Compassionate, the All-Compassionate"

  2. 2
    Given to someone as an exception because of a family emergency or a death in their family.

    "compassionate leave; a compassionate visa"

  3. 3
    Inviting or asking for pity. obsolete

    "It boots thee not to be compassionate: After our sentence plaining comes too late."

Adjective
  1. 1
    showing or having compassion wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To feel compassion (for someone or with regard to something); to regard (someone or something) with compassion. archaic, transitive

    "[…] seeing them die so wofully in the flames, he compassionated them."

  2. 2
    share the suffering of wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

A pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participle of compassionner (“feel sorry for”).

Etymology 2

A pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participle of compassionner (“feel sorry for”).

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