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mercy

English

🔊 alleviation of distress
“distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy”
🔊 something for which to be thankful
“it was a mercy we got out alive”
🔊 a disposition to be kind and forgiving
“in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband”
🔊 the feeling that motivates compassion
🔊 leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
“he threw himself on the mercy of the court”