| NOUN | feeling | mercifulness, mercy | the feeling that motivates compassion |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | mercifulness, mercy | a disposition to be kind and forgiving | |
| act | mercifulness, clemency, mercy | leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice |
| Meaning | The feeling that motivates compassion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | mercy | |
| Narrower | forgiveness | Compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive |
| Broader | compassion, compassionateness | A deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering |
| Spanish | clemencia, misericordia | |
| Adjectives | merciful | showing or giving mercy |
| Meaning | A disposition to be kind and forgiving. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband" | |
| Synonym | mercy | |
| Narrower | compassion, pity | The humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it |
| forgivingness, kindness | tendency to be kind and forgiving | |
| lenience, leniency, mildness, lenity | mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant | |
| Broader | humaneness | The quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals) |
| Opposite | mercilessness, unmercifulness | inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving |
| Spanish | misericordia | |
| Catalan | misericòrdia | |
| Adjectives | merciful | (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious |
| Meaning | leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | clemency, mercy | |
| Narrower | amnesty, pardon, free pardon | The formal act of liberating someone |
| commutation, re-sentencing | (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law | |
| quarter | clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent | |
| reprieve, respite | The act of reprieving | |
| Broader | lenience, leniency | Lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers |
| Spanish | clemencia, misericordia, perdón | |
| Catalan | clemència, misericòrdia | |
| Adjectives | merciful | showing or giving mercy |
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