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compassionate definition

com·pas·sion·ate (-it; for v., -āt′)

adjective

feeling or showing compassion; sympathizing deeply; pitying

transitive verb compassionated -·at′ed, compassionating -·at′·ing

to pity

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compassionate Synonyms

compassionate

modif.

merciful, humane, sympathetic, tender; see humane 1, kind, merciful 1. See syn. study at tender.


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compassionate Usage Examples

Preposition: towards

  • other: She still sees God as potentially compassionate toward others.

Modifies a noun

  • conservatism: We need to expose the sham of the new Tory ' compassionate conservatism ' .

Modifying Another Word

  • deeply: Seems to have been a deeply compassionate, strong, charitable woman.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: The process of adaptation is blocked by negative emotion, so we must become compassionate, and generate unconditional love.
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compassionate quotes

We want a society in which we are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. That is what we mean by a moral societyönot a society in which the State is responsible for everything, and no one is responsible for the State.

-Thatcher, Margaret HildaThatcher, Baroness

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