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Word: Compassionate
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late 16th century: from compassion+ -ate, influenced by archaic French compassioné ‘feeling pity’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kəmˈpaʃənət
Dialects: British English
Definition:
feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others
Short Definition:feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others
Examples:- I allowed him to go home on compassionate grounds
- she tried to sound compassionate
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