com·pas·sion·ate 
(kəm-păshə-nĭt)
(kəm-păshə-nĭt)adj.
1. Feeling or showing compassion; sympathetic.
2. Granted to an individual because of an emergency or other unusual circumstances: compassionate military leave.
tr.v. (-nāt′) com·pas·sion·at·ed, com·pas·sion·at·ing, com·pas·sion·ates
To pity.
com·passion·ate·ly adv.
com·passion·ate·ness n.