mercy (Meaning)
mercy (n)
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
a disposition to be kind and forgiving
the feeling that motivates compassion
something for which to be thankful
alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed
mercy (n.)
Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency.
Compassionate treatment of the unfortunate and helpless; sometimes, favor, beneficence.
Disposition to exercise compassion or favor; pity; compassion; willingness to spare or to help.
A blessing regarded as a manifestation of compassion or favor.
Synonyms & Antonyms of mercy
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- retaliation
- cruelty
- sadism
- mercilessness
- reprisal
- discipline
- reprisal
- vindictiveness
- cruelty
- retaliation
- vengeance
- virulence
- retribution
- punishment
- ruthlessness
- hatred
- punishment
- revenge
- vindictiveness
- barbarity
- barbarity
- spite
- revenge
- discipline
- venom
- requital
- spite
- mercilessness
- vengeance
- violence
- hatred
- venom
- requital
- retribution
- violence
- virulence
- ruthlessness
- savagery
- brutality
- brutality
- savagery
- sadism
Synonyms:
- forbearance
- lenience
- quarter
- generosity
- lenity
- pity
- clemency
- charity
- goodness
- tenderness
- love
- understanding
Antonyms:
- truculence
- enmity
- malignity
- loathing
- vitriol
- spleen
- malignancy
- execration
- chastisement
- hate
- abomination
- pitilessness
- atrocity
- animosity
- resentment
- chastisement
- malevolence
- jealousy
- wantonness
- vitriol
- meanness
- wantonness
- uncharitableness
- abhorrence
- gall
- savageness
- bitterness
- detestation
- hard-heartedness
- detestation
- malice
- malignity
- hostility
- jealousy
- atrocity
- antipathy
- antagonism
- scolding
- meanness
- maliciousness
- loathing
- spleen
- scolding
- abhorrence
- hard-heartedness
- execration
- viciousness
- malignancy
- gall
- animosity
- pitilessness
- resentment
- antipathy
- viciousness
- abomination
- uncharitableness
- hostility
- antagonism
- bitterness
- castigation
- savageness
- enmity
- castigation
- truculence
- malice
- maliciousness
- hate
- malevolence
mercy Sentence Examples
- The judge showed mercy to the first-time offender, granting her probation instead of jail time.
- The starving child begged for mercy from the guards, but their hearts were hardened.
- In the midst of the chaos, the injured soldier extended mercy to his attacker.
- The condemned man's last words were a plea for mercy, but his fate was sealed.
- The government's policy of capital punishment denies the condemned any sense of mercy.
- The violent hurricane showed no mercy as it ravaged the coastline.
- The abandoned dog wandered the streets, desperate for mercy from a kind soul.
- During the war, both sides showed little mercy to their captured enemies.
- The teacher extended mercy to the struggling student, giving him extra time to complete his assignment.
- The injured bird fluttered feebly, hoping for a merciful end to its suffering.
FAQs About the word mercy
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice, a disposition to be kind and forgiving, the feeling tha
sympathy, compassion, leniency,mercifulness, grace, kindness, empathy, forbearance, lenience, quarter
retaliation, cruelty, sadism, mercilessness, reprisal, discipline, reprisal, vindictiveness, cruelty, retaliation
The judge showed mercy to the first-time offender, granting her probation instead of jail time.
The starving child begged for mercy from the guards, but their hearts were hardened.
In the midst of the chaos, the injured soldier extended mercy to his attacker.
The condemned man's last words were a plea for mercy, but his fate was sealed.
