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1. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMERCY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   kindness that makes you forgive someone, usually someone that you have authority over: She appealed to the judge to have mercy on her husband. The prisoners pleaded for mercy. The gunmen showed no mercy, killing innocent men and women. be at the mercy of someone/something.

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     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...

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   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.

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   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.

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   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.

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   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.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › mercymercy | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   noun [ U ] uk / ˈmɜːsi / us. kindness that makes you forgive someone, usually someone that you have authority over: The prisoners pleaded for mercy. The judge showed no mercy.

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   What does it mean if someone in authority shows mercy?

   • 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. Neither side took prisoners or showed any mercy. They cried for mercy but their pleas were met with abuse and laughter. May God have mercy on your soul.

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   What does it mean if a situation is a mercy?

   • 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. The two cars finished up in a run-off area, clear of the circuit, and that was a mercy.

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   What is a work of Mercy?

   • Usually in full as work (also †deed, †duty) of mercy. A compassionate or charitable act; spec. each of the seven spiritual and seven corporal works of mercy enumerated in medieval theology. Usually in plural. From the 17th cent. onwards contrasted with works of necessity (see necessity n. I.1b).

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   What does Mercies mean?

   • An act of (esp. divine) mercy; an event or circumstance calling for special thankfulness. Now also in weakened sense: a blessing, a relief; a positive aspect to a generally bad situation (frequently in small mercies). one's mercies noun good things received from God.

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   What is a mercy flight?

   • 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. She vanished nine months ago while on a mercy mission to West Africa. It's the first so-called mercy flight for a fortnight as the Americans have been waiting for enough people to fill a 747 jet.

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8. dictionary.cambridge.org › mercyMERCY | English meaning - Cambridge Essential British

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   kindness that makes you forgive someone and not punish them: The prisoners pleaded for mercy. (Definition of mercy from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)