Usage Note
Compatissant is the present participle of compatir used as an adjective, agreeing in gender and number: compatissante, compatissants, compatissantes. The verb compatir à means 'to feel sympathy for' someone's suffering. A related noun is compassion, which French shares directly with English, making compatissant its adjectival equivalent.
Examples
"Elle a répondu d'un ton compatissant et bienveillant."
Natural Translation
She replied in a compassionate and kind tone.
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