Mercy
noun'mɜrsi
Noun
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
“he threw himself on the mercy of the court”
Type of:LeniencyLeniencealleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed
“distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy”
Type of:SuccourMinistrationReliefsomething for which to be thankful
“it was a mercy we got out alive”
Type of:BlessingBoona disposition to be kind and forgiving
Similar:MercifulnessType of:Humanenessthe feeling that motivates compassion
Similar:MercifulnessType of:CompassionCompassionateness
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Similar Words
- Mercifulness
- Clemency