compassionate

adj 1: showing merciful compassion; "sparing the child's mother was

a compassionate act"

2: showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and

compassionate voices of women" [ant: {uncompassionate}]

3: showing recognition of unusually distressful circumstances;

"compassionate leave"; "considered for a compassionate

discharge because of domestic difficulties"

v : share the suffering of [syn: {feel for}, {pity}, {condole

with}, {sympathize with}]