Dictionary definition for: Compassionate
2. (s) showing merciful compassion; "sparing the child''s mother was a compassionate act"
3. (a) showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"
4. (s) showing recognition of unusually distressful circumstances; "compassionate leave" "considered for a compassionate discharge because of domestic difficulties"
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