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Synonyms for mercy
ˈmɜr simer·cy
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
mercy
Mercy is the exercise of less severity than one deserves, or in a more extended sense, the granting of kindness or favor beyond what one may rightly claim. Grace is favor, kindness, or blessing shown to the undeserving; forgiveness, mercy, and pardon are exercised toward the ill-deserving. Pardon remits the outward penalty which the offender deserves; forgiveness dismisses resentment or displeasure from the heart of the one offended; mercy seeks the highest possible good of the offender. There may be mercy without pardon, as in the mitigation of sentence, or in all possible alleviation of necessary severity; there may be cases where pardon would not be mercy, since it would encourage to repetition of the offense, from which timely punishment might have saved. Mercy is also used in the wider sense of refraining from harshness or cruelty toward those who are in one's power without fault of their own; as, they besought the robber to have mercy. Clemency is a colder word than mercy, and without its religious associations, signifying mildness and moderation in the use of power where severity would have legal or military, rather than moral sanction; it often denotes a habitual mildness of disposition on the part of the powerful, and is matter rather of good nature or policy than of principle. Leniency or lenity denotes an easy-going avoidance of severity; these words are more general and less magisterial than clemency; we should speak of the leniency of a parent, the clemency of a conqueror. Compare PITY.
Synonyms:
benevolence, benignity, blessing, clemency, compassion, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, gentleness, grace, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, mildness, pardon, pardon, pity, tendernessAntonyms:
cruelty, hardness, harshness, implacability, justice, penalty, punishment, revenge, rigor, severity, sternness, vengeancePreposition:
The mercy of God to or toward sinners; have mercy on or upon one.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
mercy
Synonyms:
compassion, clemency, forgiveness, forbearance, grace, benefit, gift, pity, leniency, tendernessAntonyms:
exaction, harshness, cruelty, vengeance, unpityingness, unforgiveness
Princeton's WordNet
clemency, mercifulness, mercynoun
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
"he threw himself on the mercy of the court"
Synonyms:
mildness, clemency, mercifulnessmercifulness, mercynoun
a disposition to be kind and forgiving
"in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband"
Synonyms:
clemency, mercifulnessmercifulness, mercynoun
the feeling that motivates compassion
Synonyms:
clemency, mercifulnessmercynoun
something for which to be thankful
"it was a mercy we got out alive"
Synonyms:
clemency, mercifulnessmercynoun
alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed
"distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy"
Synonyms:
clemency, mercifulness
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
mercynoun
Synonyms:
clemency, lenity, lenience, leniency, compassion, pity, tenderness, kindness, mildness, gentleness
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
mercynoun
Synonyms:
clemency, pity, lenity, leniency, lenience, compassion, forgiveness, placability, discretion, disposal, blessing, favorAntonyms:
revenge, implacability, inclemency, incompassion
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#145 | please | |
#591 | gift | |
#877 | thanks | |
#1727 | benefit | |
#4043 | grace | |
#5455 | favor | |
#8158 | mercy | |
#11641 | blessing | |
#12537 | compassion | |
#14886 | pity | |
#15279 | kindness | |
#15356 | forgiveness | |
#17724 | pardon | |
#26713 | tenderness | |
#31594 | merciful | |
#35677 | piety | |
#43547 | clemency | |
#44359 | benevolence | |
#50293 | forbearance | |
#52299 | gentleness | |
#55784 | rahim | |
#58047 | gracia | |
#74912 | leniency | |
#98206 | misericordia | |
#123098 | clemence | |
#155933 | mildness | |
#243923 | lenity | |
#299128 | benignity | |
#316293 | rahma |
How to use mercy in a sentence?
While we’re undeserving recipients of God’s mercy, he honors us with compassion and forgiveness. It’s one of the greatest mysteries.
We're going to be at the mercy of Mother Nature.
Russia will be free! we will not depart from the country and leave it in the mercy of 'crooks and thieves'.
We've got this continual flow of Covid coming across the border in the form of Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista citizens that carry and continue to escalate and fuel the Covid pressures that we see.
Circumspection in calamity; mercy in greatness; good speeches in assemblies; fortitude in adversity: these are the self-attained perfections of great souls.
Translations for mercy
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- رحمةArabic
- barmhjertighedDanish
- Gnade, BarmherzigkeitGerman
- έλεοςGreek
- kompatoEsperanto
- misericordia, piedadSpanish
- رحمتPersian
- onni, sääli, armo, siunaus, armeliaisuusFinnish
- pitié, miséricordeFrench
- trócaireIrish
- दयाHindi
- kegyelemHungarian
- misericordiaItalian
- רחמיםHebrew
- 情け, 慈悲Japanese
- 자비Korean
- misericordiaLatin
- vergiffenis, vergeving, genade, erbarmenDutch
- nådeNorwegian
- ŁaskaPolish
- misericórdiaPortuguese
- milă, indulgență, îndurare, mizericordie, iertare, compasiune, binecuvântare, compătimireRomanian
- милость, милосердие, пощадаRussian
- barmhärtighet, skonsamhet, välsignelse, nådSwedish
- merhametTurkish
- 怜悯Chinese
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