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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.
mercy, charity, clemency, grace, leniency mean a disposition to show kindness or compassion. mercy implies compassion that forbears punishing even when justice demands it. threw himself on the mercy of the court. charity stresses benevolence and goodwill shown in broad understanding and tolerance of others.
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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.
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.
mercy. noun. /ˈmɜːsi/ /ˈmɜːrsi/ (plural mercies) Idioms. [uncountable] a kind or forgiving attitude towards somebody that you have the power to harm or right to punish synonym humanity. to ask/beg/plead for mercy. They showed no mercy to their hostages. God have mercy on us.
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!"
