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Compassionate Com•Pas•Sion•Atebre /Kəmˈpæʃənət/Name /Kəmˈpæʃənət Adjective Feeling Showing Sympathy People SufferingPoliticians

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com•pas•sion•ateBrE /kəmˈpæʃənət/NAmE /kəmˈpæʃənət/

adjective

feeling or showing sympathy for people who are sufferingPoliticians are not usually regarded as warm or compassionate people. He was allowed to go home on compassionate grounds (= because he was suffering).

 com•pas•sion•ate•ly/BrE kəmˈpæʃənətli; NAmE kəmˈpæʃənətli/adverb 

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