“mercy”

Definitions

• noun

  leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice

  Synonyms: clemency, mercifulness, acceptance, benefaction, beneficence, benefit, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, blessing, caritas, charity

  • Example:“He threw himself on the mercy of the court.”

• noun

  a disposition to be kind and forgiving

  Synonyms: mercifulness

  • Example:“In those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband.”

• noun

  the feeling that motivates compassion

  Synonyms: mercifulness

• noun

  something for which to be thankful

  • Example:“It was a mercy we got out alive.”

• noun

  alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed

  • Example:“Distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy.”