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What does mercy mean?

Definitions in simple English

mercy Noun

— Mercy is the quality of kindness and forgiveness that stops you from harming or punishing somebody who you could harm or punish. The king would always prefer to show mercy, even to his enemies. Please, sir, have mercy on an old man. — A mercy is a situation that it makes you feel lucky, usually because something worse didn't happen. It was a small mercy that the storm didn't last long. — A mercy mission or journey is one to help people who are in great need. They took food and set out on a mercy mission to find survivors. — If you are at the mercy of somebody or something, you have no control over your situation. I hope the trip will be nice, but we're at the mercy of the weather.

mercy Interjection

— You use mercy or mercy me to show surprise. Mercy! You haven't come here alone, have you?

mercy

— noun leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice he threw himself on the mercy of the court — noun (= mercifulness) a disposition to be kind and forgiving in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband — noun (= mercifulness) the feeling that motivates compassion — noun alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy — noun something for which to be thankful it was a mercy we got out alive

Synonyms mercy synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as mercy?

mercy English » English

pity compassion grace kindness sympathy clemency charity benevolence mercifulness pardon forgiveness commiseration favour love tenderness quarter lenity leniency kindheartedness affection pitifulness merciful luck kindliness joy humanity graciousness gracefulness bounty blessing benignity beneficent amnesty tolerance thanks tenderheartedness sufferance success ruth rue right-hand side remorse remission patience open-heartedness misery misericorde making allowances liberality leprosy

Topics mercy topics

What do people use mercy to talk about?

Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Examples mercy examples

How do I use mercy in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Portia tempered justice with mercy.

Beer sales are at the mercy of the weather.

The ship was drifting at the mercy of the waves.

The ship was at the mercy of the waves.

The small boat was at the mercy of the wind.

The poor people were at the mercy of the cruel dictator.

The ship was at the mercy of the storm.

Have mercy!

Have mercy on me!

Have mercy, my God, for the sake of my tears!

People who hurt children do not deserve mercy.

In the name of mercy, stop crying.

She implored for mercy.

The ship is at the mercy of the waves.

The ship was at the mercy of the wind and the waves.

The man pleaded for mercy, but he was sentenced to twenty years in prison for his crime.

Farmers are always at the mercy of the weather.

The criminal begged the judge for mercy.

She begged for mercy.

Justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution.

Movie subtitles

Mrs Turner's clearly at the mercy of her hormones.

What about charity and mercy?

Have mercy!

And as the coachman is thrown to the ground Suzanne is at the mercy of the stampeding horses!

They lead poor Glaucus to the arena to leave him at the mercy of lions.

Come to our aid Grant us mercy!

The Jerusalem Christians remained at the mercy of the victor.

I BEG YOU. HAVE MERCY.

Mercy!

Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy upon us!

The local constabulary being powerless, I've been ordered to attack their lair and destroy them this very night without mercy.

Oh, mercy!

I do not want any mercy.

Then God may have mercy upon you.

Old man, have mercy and let me go!

Your words' meaning, but this is not possible. Her lips asked for mercy, incoherently they stammered the old song of fearful resistance.

Do not be trapped into feeling pity or mercy.

Mother of mercy.

And may God have mercy on your soul.

I'm completely at your mercy.

Mercy on us!

Help me. I'm at your mercy.

There is no help for you here or mercy beyond.

Look here, Preysing. I'm completely at your mercy.

It's a mercy of Providence that this fellow cannot hear.

Upon the conclusion of the American Civil War. Napoleon withdrew his military support. leaving Maximilian to the mercy of his rebellious subjects.

I'm gonna throw myself on her mercy and appeal to her heart.

Mercy, good master!

This, Sir Guy, will at least be a lesson to you in humility, if not in mercy.

O, God, in thine infinite mercy, watch over our innocent boys.

Mercy on us, his very words.

Suppose the guards dragged you out of here screaming for mercy.

May God have mercy on you.

Lordy mercy!

News and current affairs

As for religion, every religion embodies certain verities that are applicable to all mankind - justice, truth, mercy, compassion - and men often allow God to be blamed for their own sins.

Whatever traditional benefit remains would not be enough to live on; retirees would be at the mercy of the markets for the bulk of their income.

Images of miserable refugee families drifting in the sea, at the mercy of rapacious smugglers and gangsters, can easily inspire feelings of pity and compassion (and not just in Germany).

Political rights and local elections may be at the mercy of the Party, but the historical memory of millions of people will not so easily be erased.

Moreover, this system subjects the world economy to cycles of confidence in the US dollar, while placing the world economy at the mercy of a national authority - one that often makes decisions with scant regard for their international implications.

Without any significant say in how they were to be governed, Hong Kong's citizens would be at the mercy of China's leaders.

This leaves everyone in the region at the mercy of the Middle East's oppressive regimes and proliferating terrorists.

So it was a mercy that our country chose to go the way of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission - granting amnesty in exchange for the truth.

Otherwise, Europe will be at the mercy of the interests of others.

We seem to be at the mercy of our narratives.

For decades, my region of Europe was left to the mercy of evil.

Of course, the EU countries could leave Greece to the mercy of the International Monetary Fund, which is willing and able to help - conditional on the government's implementation of a strict austerity program.

And they will leave the new Iraqi government at the mercy of forces that would eventually pull the country apart.

As always, such a cessation would be at the mercy of extremists competing for power or bent on making peace impossible.

All three are raising serious doubts, in different ways, about their commitment to the rule of law, the integrity of their judicial systems, and the quality of mercy in the administration of justice.

In that opera, a prostitute named Su San, after being sentenced to death, pleads for mercy to unconcerned passersby as she is marched down the main roads of Hongdong County in shackles.

Her spiritual strength arose out of her deep and abiding reliance on the grace and boundless mercy of the god she believed in.

By now, there is an effective and detailed model for weaning porn-addicted men and restoring them to a more balanced mental state, one less at the mercy of their compulsions.

Many of the West's leading financial institutions - those that have not been nationalized - as well some important industrial enterprises, will remain at the mercy of capital from China or the Gulf states.

Shielded by China and Russia from foreign intervention, Assad now has license to pursue his goals with no mercy for his opponents.

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