compassionate

Meanings

Adjective

• Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).
• Given to someone as an exception because of a family emergency or a death in their family.
• Inviting or asking for pity.

Verb

• To feel compassion (for someone or with regard to something); to regard (someone or something) with compassion.

Origin

• A pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participle of compassionner.