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
'compassionate' - used as a verb
3.
share the suffering of
derived forms
1. Compassionate / Past
compassionated
2. Compassionate / Third Person
compassionates
3. Compassionate / Present Participle
compassionating
One billion pounds of pasta would need approximately 2,021,452,000 gallons of water to cook it. This is equivalent to 75,000 Olympic-size swimming pools.