Definition of Mercy

Noun

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

17 unscramble word found using the letters mercy.
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