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ac·t of mer·cy

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  1. act of mercy

    In personnel recovery, assistance rendered to evaders by an individual or elements of the local population who sympathize or empathize with the evaders

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of act of mercy in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of act of mercy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of act of mercy in a Sentence

  1. Peter Hoeg:

    I feel the same way about solitude as some people feel about the blessing of the church. It's the light of grace for me. I never close my door behind me without the awareness that I am carrying out an act of mercy toward myself.

  2. John A. Rassias:

    Language study is a route to maturity. Indeed, in language study as in life, if a person is the same today as he was yesterday, it would be an act of mercy to pronounce him dead and to place him in a coffin, rather than in a classroom.


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