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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Compassionate \Com*pas"sion*ate\, adjective
1. Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful.
There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate. --South.
2. Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable. [R.] --Shak.
Syn: Sympathizing; tender; merciful; pitiful.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Compassionate \Com*pas"sion*ate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Compassionated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compassionating}.] To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with.
Compassionates my pains, and pities me. --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
compassionate
adjective
1: showing merciful compassion; "sparing the child's mother was a compassionate act"
2: showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women" [ant: {uncompassionate}]
3: showing recognition of unusually distressful circumstances; "compassionate leave"; "considered for a compassionate discharge because of domestic difficulties"
verb: share the suffering of [syn: {feel for}, {pity}, {condole with}, {sympathize with}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "compassionate": Christian, Christlike, Christly, accepting, ache, affectionate, benign, benignant, bleeding, brotherly, charitable, clement, commiserate, commiserative, condolent, decent, deplore, easy, easygoing, feel for, forbearant, forbearing, forgiving, fraternal, gentle, good, gracious, grieve over, human, humane, kind, kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed, lament, lax, lenient, loving, melting, merciful, mild, moderate, mourn, nice, patient, piteous, pitiful, pity, pitying, regret, repine, responsive, ruthful, soft, softhearted, sympathetic, sympathize with, sympathizing, tender, tenderhearted, tolerant, understanding, warm, warmhearted
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