noun
                                                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
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                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
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                the feeling that motivates compassion
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                                                noun
                                                something for which to be thankful
                                                
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                                                                                                        - it was a mercy we got out alive
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                alleviation of distress
                                                
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                                                                                                        - showing great kindness toward the distressed
- distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy