compassionate

compatissant, bienveillant

Qui se soucie des personnes qui souffrent et souhaite les aider.

En anglais simple : Feeling concern for people who are suffering and wanting to help them.

• She is a compassionate nurse.
• His compassionate response helped the family feel less alone.
• We need leaders who are compassionate toward people in difficulty.

Comment l'utiliser : compassionate toward someone (The doctor was compassionate toward frightened patients.)

Synonymes : caring, sympathetic, kind

Contraires : heartless, cruel

Expressions courantes : compassionate person, compassionate care, compassionate response, compassionate toward someone

pour raisons familiales, pour raisons humanitaires

Accordé exceptionnellement en raison d’un grave problème familial ou du décès d’un proche.

En anglais simple : Allowed as a special exception because someone has a serious family problem or a death in their family.

• He took compassionate leave after his mother died.
• The visa was granted on compassionate grounds.
• She requested a compassionate transfer to be near her sick father.

Expressions courantes : compassionate leave, compassionate grounds