different between indulgent vs compassionate

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d?ld??nt/
• Hyphenation: in?dul?gent

Adjective

indulgent (comparative more indulgent, superlative most indulgent)

1. Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or yield to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing;

   • An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

Synonyms

• forbearing
• gentle
• lenient
• tolerant

Derived terms

• indulgential
• indulgently

Related terms

• indulge
• indulgement
• indulgence
• indulgency
• indulger
• indulgiate

Translations

References

• indulgent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.dyl.???/

Etymology 1

From Latin indulg?ns.

Adjective

indulgent (feminine singular indulgente, masculine plural indulgents, feminine plural indulgentes)

1. lenient (tolerant; not strict)

Related terms

• indulgence
• indulger

Etymology 2

Verb

indulgent

1. third-person plural present indicative of indulger
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of indulger

Further reading

• “indulgent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

indulgent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of indulge?

Romanian

Etymology

From French indulgent, from Latin indulgens.

Adjective

indulgent m or n (feminine singular indulgent?, masculine plural indulgen?i, feminine and neuter plural indulgente)

1. indulgent

Declension

English

Etymology

A pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participle of compassionner (“feel sorry for”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, adjective) IPA^(key): /k?m?pæ??n?t/
• (UK, verb) IPA^(key): /k?m?pæ??ne?t/

Adjective

compassionate (comparative more compassionate, superlative most compassionate)

1. Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).

   Synonyms: empathetic, sympathetic, ruthful

   (names given to God in Islam)

   • 1611, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World, London: Samuel Macham,^[1]

     As a compassionate Turcoyse which doth tell

     By looking pale, the wearer is not well,

   • 1675, Robert South, A Sermon preached at Christ-Church, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bennett, 1692, p. 574,^[2]

     […] there never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender, and compassionate.

   • 1850, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, London: Bradbury and Evans, Chapter 49, p. 502,^[3]

     He was by nature so exceedingly compassionate of anyone who seemed to be ill at ease […] that he shook hands with Mr. Micawber, at least half-a-dozen times in five minutes.

   • 2007, Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Orlando: Harcourt, Chapter 7, p. 99,^[4]

     […] the compassionate pangs I felt for soon-to-be redundant workers were not overwhelming in their frequency; our job required a degree of commitment that left one with rather limited time for such distractions.

2. Given to someone as an exception because of a family emergency or a death in their family.

3. (obsolete) Inviting or asking for pity.

   Synonym: pitiable

   • c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act I, Scene 3,^[5]

     It boots thee not to be compassionate:

     After our sentence plaining comes too late.

Derived terms

• compassionately
• compassionateness
• uncompassionate

Translations

Verb

compassionate (third-person singular simple present compassionates, present participle compassionating, simple past and past participle compassionated)

1. (transitive, archaic) To feel compassion (for someone or with regard to something); to regard (someone or something) with compassion.

   Synonyms: pity, feel sorry for

   • 1602, Thomas Lodge (translator), The Famous and Memorable Workes of Josephus, London: G. Bishop et al., Chapter 6, p. 733,^[6]

     […] seeing them die so wofully in the flames, he compassionated them.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Dublin: John Smith, Volume 1, Book 2, Chapter 6, p. 83,^[7]

     The Justice which Mr. Allworthy had executed on Partridge, at first met with universal Approbation; but no sooner had he felt its Consequences, than his Neighbours began to relent, and to compassionate his Case;

   • 1794, William Godwin, Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams, London: B. Crosby, Volume 2, Chapter 1, p. 4,^[8]

     And yet I could not help bitterly compassionating the honest fellow, brought to the gallows, as he was, strictly speaking, by the machinations of that devil incarnate, Mr. Tyrrel.

   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, London: Smith, Elder, Volume 1, Chapter 3, p. 38,^[9]

     “ […] if she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness; but one really cannot care for such a little toad as that.”

Translations

Italian

Verb

compassionate

1. second-person plural present indicative of compassionare
2. second-person plural imperative of compassionare
3. feminine plural of compassionato