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com·pas·sion·ate

(kəm-păsh′ə-nĭt)

adj.

1. Feeling or showing compassion; sympathetic.

2. Granted to an individual because of an emergency or other unusual circumstances: compassionate military leave.

tr.v. (-nāt′) com·pas·sion·at·ed, com·pas·sion·at·ing, com·pas·sion·ates

To pity.

com·pas′sion·ate·ly adv.

com·pas′sion·ate·ness n.

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compassionate

(kəmˈpæʃənət)

adj

1. showing or having compassion

2. compassionate leave leave granted, esp to a serviceman, on the grounds of bereavement, family illness, etc

comˈpassionately adv

comˈpassionateness n

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com•pas•sion•ate

(adj. kəmˈpæʃ ə nɪt; v. -ˌneɪt)

adj., v. -at•ed, -at•ing. adj.

1. having or showing compassion; sympathetic: a compassionate letter.

2. granted in an emergency: compassionate military leave to attend a funeral.

v.t.

3. to have compassion for; pity.

[1580–90]

com•pas′sion•ate•ly, adv.

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Verb	1.	compassionate - share the suffering of condole with, feel for, pity, sympathize with grieve, sorrow - feel grief commiserate, sympathise, sympathize - to feel or express sympathy or compassion care - feel concern or interest; "I really care about my work"; "I don't care"
Adj.	1.	compassionate - showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women" humane - marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering merciful - showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god" sympathetic - expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward; "sympathetic to the students' cause"; "a sympathetic observer"; "a sympathetic gesture" uncompassionate - lacking compassion or feeling for others; "nor silver-shedding tears could penetrate her uncompassionate sire"- Shakespeare

compassionate

adjective sympathetic, kindly, understanding, tender, pitying, humanitarian, charitable, humane, indulgent, benevolent, lenient, merciful, kind-hearted, tender-hearted My father was a deeply compassionate man.
harsh, callous, heartless, unsympathetic, uncaring, inhumane, pitiless, unfeeling, unmerciful

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compassionate

adjective

1. Feeling or expressing pity:

commiserative, condolatory, pitying, sympathetic.

Archaic: piteous, pitiful.

2. Concerned with human welfare and the alleviation of suffering:

charitable, human, humane, humanitarian, merciful.

verb

To experience or express compassion:

ache, commiserate, feel, pity, sympathize, yearn.

Idioms: be sorry, have pity.

Translations

شَفيق، مُشْفِق

soucitný

medfølende

samúîarfullur

medfølende medlidende

merhametlişefkatli

有同情心的

compassionate

[kəmˈpæʃənɪt]

A. ADJ [person] → compasivo
on compassionate grounds → por compasión

B. CPD compassionate leave N → permiso m por motivos familiares

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compassionate

[kəmˈpæʃ^ənət] adj

(= sympathetic, understanding) [person] → compatissant(e)

on compassionate grounds → pour raisons personnelles, pour raisons de famillecompassionate leave n → congé m exceptionnel (pour raisons de famille)

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compassionate

adj → mitfühlend, voller Mitgefühl or Mitleid; on compassionate grounds → aus familiären Gründen

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compassionate

[kəmˈpæʃənɪt] adj (person) → compassionevole
on compassionate grounds → per motivi personali

compassion

(kəmˈpӕʃən) noun

sorrow or pity for the sufferings of another person.

comˈpassionate (-nət) adjective

compassionate

adj compasivo; — use (pharm) uso compasivo

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But, since the legislative act of 1850, when she heard, with perfect surprise and consternation, Christian and humane people actually recommending the remanding escaped fugitives into slavery, as a duty binding on good citizens,--when she heard, on all hands, from kind, compassionate and estimable people, in the free states of the North, deliberations and discussions as to what Christian duty could be on this head,--she could only think, These men and Christians cannot know what slavery is; if they did, such a question could never be open for discussion.