Mercy
Meaning of Mercy
noun
- compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm.
the boy was screaming and begging for mercy
the mercies of God
- used in expressions of surprise or fear.
‘Mercy me!’ uttered Mrs Diggory
Middle English: from Old French merci ‘pity’ or ‘thanks’, from Latin merces, merced- ‘reward’, in Christian Latin ‘pity, favour, heavenly reward’.
Information about Mercy
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Hyphenation of Mercy
Mercy
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- Mercy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Mercy synonyms
Meaning clemency:
Meaning mercifulness:
Meaning the fact or quality of being more merciful or tolerant than expected; clemency:
Meaning sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others:
Meaning smoothness and elegance of movement:
Meaning the feeling of sorrow and compassion caused by the suffering and misfortunes of others:
Meaning an organization set up to provide help and raise money for those in need:
Meaning the action or process of forgiving or being forgiven:
Meaning patient self-control; restraint and tolerance:
Meaning pity or mercy shown towards an enemy or opponent who is in one's power:
Meaning the quality of being humane; benevolence:
Meaning the promotion of human welfare:
Meaning lack of intensity:
Meaning the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate:
Meaning feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune:
Meaning the quality of giving or spending freely:
Meaning the state or attitude of being indulgent or tolerant:
Meaning the ability or willingness to tolerate the existence of opinions or behaviour that one dislikes or disagrees with:
Meaning the quality of being kind and generous:
Meaning the fact or condition of being magnanimous; generosity:
Mercy antonyms
Meaning the quality of lacking pity or compassion for others:
Meaning cruel behaviour or attitudes:
Meaning extremely cruel and brutal behaviour:
Words that rhyme with Mercy
Bercy, bercy, diphycercy, gephyrocercy, heterocercy, homocercy, isocercy, Aldercy, Dercy, Piercy, Gramercy, bemercy, gramercy, mercy, promercy, remercy, Percy
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