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mercifulness

12 letters · 10 distinct letters

  1. noun

    the feeling that motivates compassion

  2. noun

    a disposition to be kind and forgiving

    in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband

  3. noun

    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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