compassionate leave

English Thesaurus

1. (military) leave granted in an emergency such as family sickness or death (noun.time)

hypernym	:	leave, leave of absence,
definition	:	the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty (noun.time)

domain category	:	armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine,
definition	:	the military forces of a nation (noun.group)