give quarter
verb
Roget 914:
pity;
have pity,
show pity,
take pity
etc.
n.;
commiserate,
compassionate;
condole
etc.
915;
sympathize;
feel for,
be sorry for,
yearn for;
weep,
melt,
thaw,
enter into the feelings of.
forbear,
relent,
relax,
give quarter,
wipe the tears,
parcere subjectis [Lat.],
give a coup de gr=ace,
put out of one's misery.
raise pity,
excite pity
etc.
n.;
touch,
soften;
melt,
melt the heart;
propitiate,
disarm.
ask for mercy
etc.
v.;
supplicate
etc.
(request)
765;
cry for quarter,
beg one's life,
kneel;
deprecate.
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Roget 740:
be lenient
etc.
adj.;
tolerate,
bear with;
parcere subjectis [Lat.],
give quarter.
indulge,
allow one to have his own way,
spoil.
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