Mercy (Noun)
Meaning 1
The feeling that motivates compassion.
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Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
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Meaning 2
Alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed; "distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 3
Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; "he threw himself on the mercy of the court".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 4
Something for which to be thankful; "it was a mercy we got out alive".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 5
A disposition to be kind and forgiving; "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.