DICTOMETER

MERCY

(mercy, conmiseración, misericordia, barmhjertighet)

1. Synonyms:
   • Clemency
   • Mercifulness
   • Mercy
   Definitions:
   • leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
   Examples:
   • He threw himself on the mercy of the court
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Mercifulness
   • Mercy
   Definitions:
   • a disposition to be kind and forgiving
   Examples:
   • In those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Mercifulness
   • Mercy
   Definitions:
   • the feeling that motivates compassion
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Mercy
   Definitions:
   • something for which to be thankful
   Examples:
   • It was a mercy we got out alive
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Mercy
   Definitions:
   • alleviation of distress
   • showing great kindness toward the distressed
   Examples:
   • Distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy