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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.
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 Malaysia is an international non-profit organisation focusing on providing medical relief, sustainable health-related development and risk reduction activities for vulnerable communities, in both crisis and non-crisis situation. Learn More. OUR WORK.
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.
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 Medical Center (Merced, CA) Safety first. Healing always. Safety has never been more important. The Leapfrog Group, one of the nation's leading hospital ratings organizations, awarded Mercy Medical Center an "A" Hospital Safety Grade in its latest rating report. Learn more. Locations & Directions. Online Waiting Room. My Portal.
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. 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.
1. a refraining from harming or punishing offenders, enemies, persons in one's power, etc.; kindness in excess of what may be expected or demanded by fairness; forbearance and compassion. 2. imprisonment rather than the death penalty imposed on those found guilty of capital crimes. 3.
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