compassionate (
http://definr.com/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]