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compassionate.

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

13 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/kəmˈpæʃənət/UK
  1. Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).

    The Compassionate, the All-Compassionate
  2. Given to someone as an exception because of a family emergency or a death in their family.

    compassionate leave; a compassionate visa
  3. Inviting or asking for pity.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Pseudo-Latinism, derived from a pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participle of compassionner (“to feel sorry for”). By surface analysis, compassion + -ate.

verb/kəmˈpæʃəneɪt/UK
  1. To feel compassion (for someone or with regard to something); to regard (someone or something) with compassion.

    archaic · transitive
Where this word comes from

Pseudo-Latinism, derived from a pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participle of compassionner (“to feel sorry for”). By surface analysis, compassion + -ate.

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