mercy
noun
1. leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
- he threw himself on the mercy of the court
Similar word(s): clemency, mercifulness
Definition categories: act, lenience, leniency
2. a disposition to be kind and forgiving
Similar word(s): mercifulness
Definition categories: attribute, humaneness
3. the feeling that motivates compassion
Similar word(s): mercifulness
Definition categories: feeling, compassion, compassionateness
4. something for which to be thankful
- it was a mercy we got out alive
Definition categories: state, blessing, boon
5. alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed
- distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy
Definition categories: act, ministration, relief, succor, succour
Sentences with mercy as a noun:
- She took mercy on him and quit embarrassing him.
- Have mercy on the poor and assist them if you can.
- Mercy is one of his many virtues.
- It was a mercy that we were not inside when the roof collapsed
verb
1. (obsolete) To thank.