noun
(military) leave granted in an emergency such as family sickness or death
• Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine
• Hypernyms: ↑leave, ↑leave of absence
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noun [noncount]
chiefly Brit : a period of time when a person is allowed to stay home from work because a family member is sick or has died
He has three days of compassionate leave for the funeral.
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time that you are allowed to be away from work because sb in your family is ill/sick or has died
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She was granted compassionate leave to attend her father's funeral.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.