- compassionate com·pas·sion·ate adj
- [kəm'pæʃənɪt]
(person) compassionevole
on compassionate grounds — per motivi personali
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
compassionate com·pas·sion·ate adj
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compassionate — com•pas•sion•ate adj. [[t]kəmˈpæʃ ə nɪt[/t]] v. [[t] ˌneɪt[/t]] adj. v. at•ed, at•ing 1) having or showing compassion; sympathetic: a compassionate letter[/ex] 2) cvb granted in an emergency: compassionate military leave to attend a funeral[/ex]… … From formal English to slang
compassionate — com|pas|sion|ate [kəmˈpæʃənıt] adj feeling sympathy for people who are suffering ▪ a caring, compassionate man ▪ I allowed him to go home on compassionate grounds . ▪ One measure of a civilized and compassionate society is how well it treats its… … Dictionary of contemporary English
