GC: adj

S: EMA – https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-regulatory-overview/research-development/compassionate-use (last access: 3 May 2024); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9720497/ (last access: 3 May 2024).

N: 1. 1580s, from compassion (mid-14c., from Old French compassion “sympathy, pity” (12c.), from Late Latin compassionem (nominative compassio) “sympathy,” noun of state from past participle stem of compati “to feel pity,” from com- “together” + pati “to suffer”) + -ate (word-forming element used in forming nouns from Latin words ending in -atus, -atum).
Related: Compassionately. Phrase compassionate conservatism in American political language recorded by 1992, popularized, if not coined, by Marvin Olasky, University of Texas at Austin instructor.

2. compassionate (adjective): feeling or showing concern for someone who is sick, hurt, poor, etc.; having or showing compassion. Examples: a very compassionate person; a compassionate act.
compassionately (adverb).

3. Currently, asylum policies are becoming increasingly restrictive and moving away from the international norms of non-refoulement and access to safe territory, particularly in countries in the Global North. In this context, moving from a rhetoric of compassion to acting in compassionate ways could sustain and strengthen the global asylum system and move towards a world where asylum seekers and refugees have secure rights.

S: Etymonline – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=compassionate&searchmode=none (last access: 21 May 2015). 2. BritDict – https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/compassionate (last access: 3 May 2024). 3. UNU-CPR – https://unu.edu/cpr/blog-post/why-compassion-matters-asylum-policy (last access: 3 May 2024).

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CR: charity