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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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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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