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ˈmɜr simer·cy

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. 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, tenderness

    Antonyms:
    cruelty, hardness, harshness, implacability, justice, penalty, punishment, revenge, rigor, severity, sternness, vengeance

    Preposition:
    The mercy of God to or toward sinners; have mercy on or upon one.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.5 / 2 votes

  1. mercy

    Synonyms:
    compassion, clemency, forgiveness, forbearance, grace, benefit, gift, pity, leniency, tenderness

    Antonyms:
    exaction, harshness, cruelty, vengeance, unpityingness, unforgiveness

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. 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, mercifulness

  2. mercifulness, mercynoun

    a disposition to be kind and forgiving

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

    Synonyms:
    clemency, mercifulness

  3. mercifulness, mercynoun

    the feeling that motivates compassion

    Synonyms:
    clemency, mercifulness

  4. mercynoun

    something for which to be thankful

    "it was a mercy we got out alive"

    Synonyms:
    clemency, mercifulness

  5. mercynoun

    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

Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 1 vote

  1. mercynoun

    Synonyms:
    clemency, lenity, lenience, leniency, compassion, pity, tenderness, kindness, mildness, gentleness

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. mercynoun

    Synonyms:
    clemency, pity, lenity, leniency, lenience, compassion, forgiveness, placability, discretion, disposal, blessing, favor

    Antonyms:
    revenge, implacability, inclemency, incompassion

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How to use mercy in a sentence?

  1. Brian Deschanel:

    A thou shalt not bluster the lesser, forasmuchas equilibrium aligns the once all mighty before the frail, for mercy.

  2. English Proverb:

    He that has no charity deserves no mercy.

  3. Tony Abbott:

    The prerogative of mercy should be extended to them, australia opposes the death penalty at home and abroad.

  4. William Blake:

    Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell There God is dwelling too.

  5. Connie Chung to Johnny Carson:

    In all honesty, Johnny, we are often at the mercy of the White House for the news we report. Frequently, we simply repeat verbatim what the White House tells us.


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