What does merciful mean?
Definitions for merciful
ˈmɜr sɪ fəlmer·ci·ful
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word merciful.
Princeton's WordNet
mercifuladjective
showing or giving mercy
"sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god"
mercifuladjective
(used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious
"our merciful king"
Wiktionary
mercifuladjective
showing mercy
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Mercifuladjective
Compassionate; tender; kind; unwilling to punish; willing to pity and spare.
Etymology: mercy and full.
Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people thou hast redeemed. Deut. xxi. 8.
Wikipedia
merciful
Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French merci, from Medieval Latin merced-, merces, from Latin, "price paid, wages", from merc-, merxi "merchandise") is benevolence, forgiveness, and kindness in a variety of ethical, religious, social, and legal contexts. In the social and legal context, mercy may refer both to compassionate behavior on the part of those in power (e.g. mercy shown by a judge toward a convict), or on the part of a humanitarian third party, e.g., a mission of mercy aiming to treat war victims.
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merciful
Merciful refers to showing or exercising mercy, which may include compassion, kindness, empathy, or forgiveness towards someone who it is within one's power to punish or harm. It often implies a sense of leniency or forbearance, particularly in the face of injustice or misdeeds.
Webster Dictionary
Mercifuladjective
full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish
Mercifuladjective
unwilling to give pain; compassionate
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of merciful in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of merciful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of merciful in a Sentence
I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird,' i didn't expect the book to sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of reviewers, but at the same time I sort of hoped that maybe someone would like it enough to give me encouragement. Public encouragement. I hoped for a little, as I said, but I got rather a whole lot, and in some ways this was just about as frightening as the quick, merciful death I'd expected.
The court is most merciful when the accused is most rich. #Satyamevjayate
Where were you God? Why didn't You intervene to rescue him? why didn't they just shoot them? It would have been more merciful.
The most merciful thing in the world . . . is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
The court is most merciful when the accused is most rich.
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- رحمـن, رحيمArabic
- gnädig, barmherzigGerman
- misericordiosa, misericordiosoSpanish
- indulgent, sensible, miséricordieuxFrench
- truacanta, tròcaireach, cneastaScottish Gaelic
- misericordioso, misericordiosaItalian
- 慈悲深い, 慈愛深いJapanese
- genadig, barmhartigDutch
- милостивый, милосердныйRussian
- nådigSwedish
- rahman, rahim, merhametTurkish
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