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mercifulness

English

  1. 🔊 a disposition to be kind and forgiving
    “in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband”
  2. 🔊 the feeling that motivates compassion
  3. 🔊 leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
    “he threw himself on the mercy of the court”

Similar words

clemency mercy mercy mercy acceptance bleeding heart bowels of compassion clemency clementness compassion compassionateness easiness easygoingness forbearance forbearing gentleness humaneness humanity laxness lenience leniency lenientness lenity mercy