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

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   feeling or showing sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others, and wanting to help them: The public's response to the crisis appeal was generous and compassionate. He was a wonderful listener and a deeply compassionate man. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. calm and nice to others.

3. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › compassionateCompassionate - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   If you are compassionate, you feel other people's pain and struggles as though they were your own. Compassionate people are often moved to work to end the suffering of others, perhaps by feeding the hungry or educating the poor.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryCOMPASSIONATE definition | Cambridge English Dictionary

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   feeling or showing sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others, and wanting to help them: The public's response to the crisis appeal was generous and compassionate. He was a wonderful listener and a deeply compassionate man. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. calm and nice to others.

5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › compassionCompassion Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   : sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it. compassionless. kəm-ˈpa-shən-ləs. adjective. Did you know? What is the difference between empathy and compassion? Compassion and empathy both refer to a caring response to someone else’s distress.

6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishcompassionate adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

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   feeling or showing sympathy for people or animals who are suffering. Politicians are not usually regarded as warm or compassionate people. He was allowed to go home on compassionate grounds (= because he was suffering).

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   a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. Synonyms: tenderness, commiseration, clemency, heart, mercy. Antonyms: mercilessness, indifference. verb (used with object) Archaic. to have compassion for; compassionate. compassion. / kəmˈpæʃən / noun.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCOMPASSION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   a strong feeling of sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others and a wish to help them: I was hoping she might show a little compassion. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sympathy & compassion. aw. bad/hard/tough luck! idiom. better luck next time idiom. bleeding heart. cheese. heart-wrenchingly. heartrendingly.