Words · Common
mercy
/ˈmɝsi/ · 5 letters · 5 distinct letters
- 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
- noun
a disposition to be kind and forgiving
in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband
- noun
the feeling that motivates compassion
- noun
something for which to be thankful
it was a mercy we got out alive
- noun
alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed
distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy