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mercy
noun
1 mercy
Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice:
— He threw himself on the mercy of the court.
synonyms: clemency, mercifulness.
Roget 906:
benevolence,
Christian charity;
God's love,
God's grace;
good will;
philanthropy
etc.
910;
unselfishness
etc.
942.
good nature,
good feeling,
good wishes;
kindness,
kindliness
etc.
adj.;
loving-kindness,
benignity,
brotherly love,
charity,
humanity,
fellow-feeling,
sympathy;
goodness of heart,
warmth of heart;
bonhomie;
kind-heartedness;
amiability,
milk of human kindness,
tenderness;
love
etc.
897;
friendship
etc.
888.
toleration,
consideration,
generosity;
mercy
etc.
(pity)
914.
charitableness
etc.
adj.;
bounty,
almsgiving;
good works,
beneficence,
the luxury of doing good"
[Goldsmith].
acts of kindness,
a good turn;
good offices,
kind offices good treatment,
kind treatment.
good Samaritan,
sympathizer,
bon enfant [Fr.];
altruist.
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Roget 740:
lenity,
lenience,
leniency;
moderation
etc.
174;
tolerance,
toleration;
mildness,
gentleness;
favor,
indulgence,
indulgency†;
clemency,
mercy,
forbearance,
quarter;
compassion
etc.
914.
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Roget 914:
pity,
compassion,
commiseration;
bowels,
of compassion;
sympathy,
fellow-feeling,
tenderness,
yearning,
forbearance,
humanity,
mercy,
clemency;
leniency
etc.
(lenity)
740;
charity,
ruth,
long-suffering.
melting mood;
argumentum ad misericordiam [Lat.],
quarter,
grace,
locus paenitentiae [Lat.].
sympathizer;
advocate,
friend,
partisan,
patron,
wellwisher.
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Dutch: mildheid, vergiffenis, gratie, genade, clementie
2 mercy
A disposition to be kind and forgiving.
synonym: mercifulness.
Polish: litościwość, miłosierność, miłościwość
3 mercy
The feeling that motivates compassion.
synonym: mercifulness.
4 mercy
Something for which to be thankful.
5 mercy
Alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed.
Dutch: clementie, genade
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