adj.

1. Feeling or showing compassion; sympathetic. See synonyms at humane.
2. Granted to an individual because of an emergency or other unusual circumstances: compassionate military leave.

tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates. (-nāt')

To pity.

compassionately com·pas'sion·ate·ly adv.
compassionateness com·pas'sion·ate·ness n.

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adjective

1. Feeling or expressing pity: commiserative, condolatory, pitying, sympathetic. Archaic piteous, pitiful. See feelings, pity.
2. Concerned with human welfare and the alleviation of suffering: charitable, human, humane, humanitarian, merciful. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, kind/cruel.

verb

To experience or express compassion: ache, commiserate, feel, pity, sympathize, yearn. Idioms: be sorry, havetakepity. See pity.

adj

Definition: having tender feelings
Antonyms: cruel, hard, harsh, hateful, indifferent, mean, merciless, tyrannous

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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: share the suffering of
  Synonyms: feel for, pity, condole with, sympathize with

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The adjective compassionate has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: showing merciful compassion

Meaning #2: showing or having compassion
  Antonym: uncompassionate (meaning #1)

Meaning #3: showing recognition of unusually distressful circumstances

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - medfølende
v. tr. - have medlidenhed med

idioms:

• compassionate leave    orlov på grund af dødsfald eller lignende i familien

Nederlands (Dutch)
medelijdend

Français (French)
adj. - compatissant
v. tr. - avoir de la compassion pour

idioms:

• compassionate leave    (Mil) permission exceptionnelle (pour décès), (gén) congé exceptionnel (pour décès familial)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mitfühlend
v. - Mitleid haben mit

idioms:

• compassionate leave    Beurlaubung aus familiären Gründen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - συμπονετικός, πονόψυχος

idioms:

• compassionate leave    (Βρετ.) άδεια για οικογενειακούς λόγους

Italiano (Italian)
pietoso, compassionevole

idioms:

• compassionate leave    permesso per motivi di famiglia

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - compassivo

idioms:

• compassionate leave    licença (f) por morte familiar

Русский (Russian)
сострадательный

idioms:

• compassionate leave    отпуск по семейным обстоятельствам

Español (Spanish)
adj. - compasivo
v. tr. - compadecer

idioms:

• compassionate leave    permiso/baja por razones familiares

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - medlidsam

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
有同情心的, 慈悲的, 怜悯的, 同情, 怜悯

idioms:

• compassionate leave    事假

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有同情心的, 慈悲的, 憐憫的
v. tr. - 同情, 憐憫

idioms:

• compassionate leave    事假

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 자비로운, 온정적인
v. tr. - 불쌍히 여기다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - あわれみ深い, 情け深い, 特別な配慮による

idioms:

• compassionate leave    慰問休暇

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) رحوم, رحيم, حنون‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מרחם, של רחמים‬
v. tr. - ‮ריחם על‬

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