MERCIFULNESS as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • he threw himself on the mercy of the court
    Hypernyms(s) mercifulness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  2. Meaning
    • a disposition to be kind and forgiving
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband
    Hypernyms(s) mercifulness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s) Hyponym(s)
  3. Meaning
    • the feeling that motivates compassion
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) mercifulness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)