Compassionate/Complacent
com·pas·sion·ate [adj. kuhm-pash-uh-nit; v. kuhm-pash-uh-neyt] verb, -at·ed, -at·ing.
–adjective
1. having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
2. granted in an emergency: compassionate military leave granted to attend a funeral.
3. Obsolete. pitiable.
–verb (used with object)
4. to have compassion for; pity.
com·pla·cent [kuhm-pley-suhnt]
1. pleased, esp. with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
2. pleasant; complaisant.
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