noun
- Kind, forgiving, or compassionate treatment of or disposition toward others: charity, clemency, grace, lenience, leniency, lenity, mercy. See forgiveness/vindictiveness.
mercifulness
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The noun has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1:
the feeling that motivates compassion
Synonym: mercy
Meaning #2:
a disposition to be kind and forgiving
Synonym: mercy
Antonym: mercilessness (meaning #2)
Meaning #3:
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
Synonyms: clemency, mercy
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