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Compassion leads you to have mercy, which is like forgiveness. If you have mercy on someone, you let them off the hook or are kind to them somehow.
This is a quality that has to do with compassion, forgiveness, and leniency. If convicted of a crime, you might plead for the judge's mercy, meaning a lesser punishment. When people say "May God have mercy on me!" they're asking for forgiveness. Mercy may be given or received. You might show your little cousin mercy by not forcing him to eat a worm. People jokingly say a bad singer is showing mercy if she ends the show early.
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a disposition to be kind and forgiving
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synonyms:
mercifulness
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mercilessness, unmercifulness
inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving
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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
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humaneness
the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals)
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mercilessness, unmercifulness
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the feeling that motivates compassion
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synonyms:
mercifulness
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forgiveness
compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive
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compassion, compassionateness
a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
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forgiveness
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something for which to be thankful
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alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed“distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy”
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ministration, relief, succor, succour
assistance in time of difficulty
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ministration, relief, succor, succour
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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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synonyms:
clemency, mercifulness
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commutation, re-sentencing
(law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law
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amnesty, free pardon, pardon
the formal act of liberating someone
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quarter
clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
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reprieve, respite
the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
Vocabulary lists containing mercy
Yusuf Azeem, a twelve-year-old Muslim boy in rural Texas, learns to face heartache and Islamaphobia ahead of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Twelve-year-old Saint and his dog, Shadow, grapple with the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
This list covers Warriors Don't Cry and "Damon and Pythias."
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