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1. (adj.) merciful
full of mercy; characterized by or exercising mercy.
Etymology: (1250–1300)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) merciful
showing or giving mercy
"sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god"
2. (adj) merciful
(used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious
"our merciful king"
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1. (adjective) merciful
kind and forgiving people rather than punishing them
a mighty but merciful King
2. merciful
(of sth that happens) welcome because it ends sth bad
a merciful end to a useless war
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) merciful
full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish
2. (adj) merciful
unwilling to give pain; compassionate
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Sense: willing to forgive or to punish only lightly
a merciful judge.
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 Afrikaans: genadige |
 Arabic: رَحيم، رَؤوف |
 Bulgarian: милостив |
 Brazilian: clemente |
 Czech: milosrdný |
 German: barmherzig |
 Danish: barmhjertig |
 Greek: επιεικής, σπλαχνικός |
 Spanish: compasivo, clemente |
 Estonian: halastav |
 Farsi: بخشایشگر |
 Finnish: armollinen |
 French: miséricordieux, clément |
 Hebrew: רַחוּם |
 Hindi: दयालु |
 Croatian: milosrdan |
 Hungarian: irgalmas |
 Indonesian: kemurahan hati |
 Icelandic: miskunnsamur |
 Italian: misericordioso, clemente |
 Japanese: 慈悲深い |
 Korean: 자비로운 |
 Lithuanian: gailestingas |
 Latvian: žēlsirdīgs; žēlīgs |
 Malay: belas kasihan |
 Dutch: genadig |
 Norwegian: barmhjertig, nådig |
 Polish: litościwy |
 Persian: بخشایشگر |
 Pashto: بښونكى |
 Portuguese: clemente |
 Romanian: milos, clement, indulgent |
 Russian: милосердный |
 Slovak: milosrdný, súcitný |
 Slovenian: milosten |
 Serbian: milostiv |
 Swedish: barmhärtig |
 Thai: เปี่ยมด้วยความเมตตา |
 Turkish: merhametli |
 Taiwanese: 寬宏大量的 |
 Ukrainian: милосердний; співчутливий |
 Urdu: رحم دل |
 Vietnamese: khoan dung |
 Chinese: 仁慈的，宽恕的 |
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