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mercy
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Noun
  • alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed
    • 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
  • the feeling that motivates compassion
  • a disposition to be kind and forgiving
    • in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband
  • leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
    • he threw himself on the mercy of the court
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