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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.
- English (US)
MERCY meaning: 1. kindness that makes you forgive someone,...
- Znaczenie Mercy, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
MERCY definicja: 1. kindness that makes you forgive someone,...
- Mercy: Japanese Translation
MERCY translate: 慈悲, 慈悲（じひ）. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Mercy: Polish Translation
MERCY translate: litość, łaska, litość, szczęście. Learn...
- Mercy: Thai Translation
MERCY translate: ความเมตตากรุณา, เคราะห์ดี. Learn more in...
- Mercy: Korean Translation
MERCY translate: 자비. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Mercy: Russian Translation
MERCY translate: милосердие . Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Mercy: Italian Translation
mercy translate: pietà, misericordia, pietà, fortuna. Learn...
- English (US)
mercy. (ˈmɜːsɪ) n, pl -cies. 1. compassionate treatment of or attitude towards an offender, adversary, etc, who is in one's power or care; clemency; pity. 2. the power to show mercy: to throw oneself on someone's mercy. 3. a relieving or welcome occurrence or state of affairs: his death was a mercy after weeks of pain.
If you refer to an event or situation as a mercy, you mean that it makes you feel happy or relieved, usually because it stops something unpleasant happening. It really was a mercy that he'd died so rapidly at the end.
Clemency and compassion shown to a person who is in a position of powerlessness or subjection, or to a person with no right or claim to receive kindness; kind and compassionate treatment in a case where severity is merited or expected, esp. in giving legal judgment or passing sentence.
Definitions of 'mercy' 1. If someone in authority shows mercy, they choose not to harm someone they have power over, or they forgive someone they have the right to punish. [...] 2. Mercy is used to describe a special journey to help someone in great need, such as people who are sick or made homeless by war. [journalism] [...] 3.
Mercy definition: compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence. See examples of MERCY used in a sentence.
the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it. mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant. the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals) noun. the feeling that motivates compassion. synonyms: mercifulness. see more.
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