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   Com·pas·sion·ate

   /kəmˈpaSHənət/

   

   adjective

   • 1. feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others: "I allowed him to go home on compassionate grounds"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from compassion + -ate2, influenced by archaic French compassioné ‘feeling pity’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. compassionately adverb

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   compassionate: [adjective] having or showing compassion : sympathetic.

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   Synonyms for COMPASSIONATE: benevolent, kind, humane, sympathetic, thoughtful, gentle, gracious, friendly; Antonyms of COMPASSIONATE: cruel, callous, brutal ...

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   compassion: [noun] sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCOMPASSIONATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   COMPASSIONATE definition: 1. feeling or showing sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others, and wanting to…. Learn more.

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   Compassionate definition: having or showing compassion. See examples of COMPASSIONATE used in a sentence.

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   compassionate: 1 adj showing or having compassion “heard the soft and compassionate voices of women” Synonyms: caring feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others nurturant providing physical and emotional care and nourishment tenderhearted easily moved by another's distress humane marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation ...

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   COMPASSIONATE meaning: 1. feeling or showing sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others, and wanting to…. Learn more.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › thesaurusCOMPASSIONATE - 30 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English

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11. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCOMPASSIONATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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