noun
1. the feeling that motivates compassion
• Syn: ↑mercy
• Derivationally related forms: ↑merciful
• Hypernyms: ↑compassion, ↑compassionateness
• Hyponyms: ↑forgiveness
2. a disposition to be kind and forgiving
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in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband
• Syn: ↑mercy
• Ant: ↑mercilessness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑merciful
• Hypernyms: ↑humaneness
• Hyponyms:
3. leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
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he threw himself on the mercy of the court
• Hyponyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.