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1. (n.) mercy
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion or benevolence.
2. mercy
the disposition or discretionary power to be compassionate or forbearing.
3. mercy
an act of kindness, compassion, or favor.
4. mercy
something of good fortune; blessing:
It was a mercy they weren't hurt.
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| Definition of 'mercy' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) clemency, mercifulness, 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"
2. (noun) mercifulness, mercy
a disposition to be kind and forgiving
"in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband"
3. (noun) mercifulness, mercy
the feeling that motivates compassion
4. (noun) mercy
something for which to be thankful
"it was a mercy we got out alive"
5. (noun) mercy
alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed
"distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy"
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1. (noun) mercy
the quality of being kind and forgiving, rather than punishing people
to show mercy
2. mercy
at the mercy of
in a situation where sth or sb has the power to harm you
a region living at the mercy of cyclones
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| Definition of 'mercy' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) mercy
forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency
2. (noun) mercy
compassionate treatment of the unfortunate and helpless; sometimes, favor, beneficence
3. (noun) mercy
disposition to exercise compassion or favor; pity; compassion; willingness to spare or to help
4. (noun) mercy
a blessing regarded as a manifestation of compassion or favor
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| Definitions of 'mercy' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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mercy
1. The charity of tyrants.
2. The forgiveness of one scoundrel by another.
3. The culmination of the Will-to-Power and its final apotheosis.
4. A quality which, like soup, the more it is strained the less soup and the more water you have.
5. In war a universal mode of subjugating a people.
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Sense: kindness towards a person, especially an enemy, who is in one's power
He showed his enemies no mercy.
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 Afrikaans: genade |
 Arabic: رَحْمَه |
 Bulgarian: пощада |
 Brazilian: piedade |
 Czech: slitování |
 German: die Gnade |
 Danish: nåde; barmhjertighed |
 Greek: έλεος, οίκτος |
 Spanish: compasión, clemencia |
 Estonian: halastus |
 Farsi: رحم |
 Finnish: armo |
 French: pitié |
 Hebrew: רַחֲמִים |
 Hindi: दया |
 Croatian: milosrđe |
 Hungarian: kegyelem, irgalom |
 Indonesian: belas kasihan |
 Icelandic: miskunn |
 Italian: pietà |
 Japanese: 慈悲 |
 Korean: 자비 |
 Lithuanian: gailestingumas, pasigailė |
 Latvian: žēlsirdība; žēlastība |
 Malay: belas kasihan |
 Dutch: genade |
 Norwegian: barmhjertighet, medlidenh |
 Polish: łaska, litość |
 Persian: رحم |
 Pashto: رحم |
 Portuguese: piedade |
 Romanian: milă |
 Russian: милосердие; пощада |
 Slovak: zľutovanie, súcit |
 Slovenian: usmiljenje |
 Serbian: milosrđe |
 Swedish: barmhärtighet, förbarmand |
 Thai: ความเมตตากรุณา |
 Turkish: merhamet |
 Taiwanese: 寬宏大量 |
 Ukrainian: милосердя |
 Urdu: رحم، ترس |
 Vietnamese: lòng nhân từ |
 Chinese: 怜悯，宽容 |
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