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an event or situation that you are grateful for because it stops something unpleasant: After months of suffering, his death was a mercy. They were on a mercy mission to take food to the refugees when they were attacked. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
1. a. : compassion or forbearance (see forbearance sense 1) shown especially to an offender or to one subject to one's power. also : lenient or compassionate treatment. begged for mercy. : imprisonment rather than death imposed as penalty for first-degree murder. 2. a. : a blessing that is an act of divine favor or compassion.
an event or situation that you are grateful for because it stops something unpleasant: After months of suffering, his death was a mercy. They were on a mercy mission to take food to the refugees when they were attacked. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
[1] Definition. "Mercy" can be defined as "compassion or forbearance shown especially to an offender or to one subject to one's power"; and also "a blessing that is an act of divine favor or compassion." [2] " To be at someone's mercy" indicates a person being "without defense against someone." [3] Law and ethics.
Synonyms for MERCY: mercifulness, empathy, compassion, leniency, kindness, sympathy, grace, clemency; Antonyms of MERCY: vengeance, revenge, ruthlessness, retribution, retaliation, punishment, cruelty, violence.
If you have mercy on someone, you let them off the hook or are kind to them somehow. This is a quality that has to do with compassion, forgiveness, and leniency. If convicted of a crime, you might plead for the judge's mercy, meaning a lesser punishment. When people say "May God have mercy on me!"
Mercy Health is a Catholic health care ministry serving Ohio and Kentucky. With more than 34,000 employees in eight markets, we’re one of the largest health care systems in the country.
