“in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband”
- Synonyms:
- mercy
- Antonyms:
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mercilessness, unmercifulness
inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving
- Types:
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compassion, pity
the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
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forgivingness, kindness
tendency to be kind and forgiving
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lenience, leniency, lenity, mildness
mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
- Type of:
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humaneness
the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals)
