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mercy
1[ mur-see ]
noun
- compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence:
Have mercy on the poor sinner.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
Antonyms:
- the disposition to be compassionate or forbearing:
an adversary wholly without mercy.
- the discretionary power of a judge to pardon someone or to mitigate punishment, especially to send to prison rather than invoke the death penalty.
- an act of kindness, compassion, or favor:
She has performed countless small mercies for her friends and neighbors.
- something that gives evidence of divine favor; blessing:
It was just a mercy we had our seat belts on when it happened.
Mercy
2[ mur-see ]
noun
- a female given name.
mercy
/ ˈ³¾ÉœË²õɪ /
noun
- compassionate treatment of or attitude towards an offender, adversary, etc, who is in one's power or care; clemency; pity
- the power to show mercy
to throw oneself on someone's mercy
- a relieving or welcome occurrence or state of affairs
his death was a mercy after weeks of pain
- at the mercy ofin the power of
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of mercy1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of mercy1
Idioms and Phrases
- at the mercy of, entirely in the power of; subject to: Also at one's mercy.
They were at the mercy of their captors.
More idioms and phrases containing mercy
see at the mercy of .Example Sentences
They should have scored again when Freddie Steward broke through and fed Dan Kelly, but with the line at his mercy, the centre inexplicably fumbled forward and the chance was lost.
His miraculous comeback couldn’t have come at a better time for all of us to embrace his message of mercy and brotherhood anew — especially Catholics in the U.S.
“Misericordia,†both as a title and a film, would suggest a plunge into mourning or, to go by the Latin translation, something close to compassionate mercy.
Against England, he juggled and dropped a relatively simple pass, with the line at his mercy.
Torden was found to have distributed "degrading" images of the soldier and to have posted on social media that Rusich would "not grant mercy".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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