MERCY

• (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"

  synonyms : clemency , mercifulness

• (noun) alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed

  "distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy"

• (noun) a disposition to be kind and forgiving

  "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband"

  synonyms : mercifulness

• (noun) the feeling that motivates compassion

  synonyms : mercifulness

• (noun) something for which to be thankful

  "it was a mercy we got out alive"

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