# compassionate
## English
### Etymology

A pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participle of compassionner (“feel sorry for”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK, adjective) IPA: /kəmˈpæʃənət/
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* (UK, verb) IPA: /kəmˈpæʃəneɪt/
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### Adjective

compassionate (comparative more compassionate, superlative most compassionate)
* Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).
    Synonyms: empathetic, sympathetic, ruthful
    The Compassionate, the All-Compassionate (names given to God in Islam)
** 1611, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World‎, London: Samuel Macham:As a compassionate Turcoyse which doth tell By looking pale, the wearer is not well,
** 1675, Robert South, A Sermon preached at Christ-Church, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bennett, 1692, p. 574,
    […] there never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender, and compassionate.
** 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 49, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 502:He was by nature so exceedingly compassionate of anyone who seemed to be ill at ease […] that he shook hands with Mr. Micawber, at least half-a-dozen times in five minutes.
** 2007, Mohsin Hamid, chapter 7, in The Reluctant Fundamentalist‎, Orlando: Harcourt, page 99:[…] the compassionate pangs I felt for soon-to-be redundant workers were not overwhelming in their frequency; our job required a degree of commitment that left one with rather limited time for such distractions.
* Given to someone as an exception because of a family emergency or a death in their family.
    compassionate leave; a compassionate visa
* (obsolete) Inviting or asking for pity.
    Synonym: pitiable
** 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene 3]:It boots thee not to be compassionate: After our sentence plaining comes too late.

#### Derived terms

* compassionate conservatism
* compassionate conservativism
* compassionate leave
* compassionately
* compassionateness
* compassionate use
* discompassionate
* incompassionate
* noncompassionate
* overcompassionate
* uncompassionate

#### Translations
### Verb

compassionate (third-person singular simple present compassionates, present participle compassionating, simple past and past participle compassionated)
* (transitive, archaic) To feel compassion (for someone or with regard to something); to regard (someone or something) with compassion.
    Synonyms: pity, feel sorry for; see also Thesaurus:pity
** 1602, G. Bishop et al., chapter 6, in Thomas Lodge, transl., The Famous and Memorable Workes of Josephus‎, London, page 733:[…] seeing them die so wofully in the flames, he compassionated them.
** 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 6, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book 2, page 83:The Justice which Mr. Allworthy had executed on Partridge, at first met with universal Approbation; but no sooner had he felt its Consequences, than his Neighbours began to relent, and to compassionate his Case;
** 1794, William Godwin, chapter 1, in Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams‎, volume 2, London: B. Crosby, page 4:And yet I could not help bitterly compassionating the honest fellow, brought to the gallows, as he was, strictly speaking, by the machinations of that devil incarnate, Mr. Tyrrel.
** 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter III, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 38:“ […] if she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness; but one really cannot care for such a little toad as that.”
** 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 16, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:Helen laughed at these sentimental remarks, and wondered that Madame herself did not compassionate her lodger, and console him
** 1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 17, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York, Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC, part I (Life as a Slave), page 236:I explained the circumstances of the past two days, which had driven me to the woods, and he deeply compassionated my distress.

#### Derived terms

* uncompassionated
* uncompassionating

#### Translations
## Italian
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

compassionate
* inflection of compassionare:
** second-person plural present indicative
** second-person plural imperative

### Etymology 2
#### Participle

compassionate f pl
* feminine plural of compassionato