MERCY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
   Synonym(s)
   • clemency (what does clemency mean?)
   • mercifulness (what does mercifulness mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he threw himself on the mercy of the court
   Hypernyms(s) mercy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • lenience (what does lenience mean?)
   • leniency (what does leniency mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • commutation (what does commutation mean?)
   • re-sentencing (what does re-sentencing mean?)
   • amnesty (what does amnesty mean?)
   • pardon (what does pardon mean?)
   • free pardon (what does free pardon mean?)
   • reprieve (what does reprieve mean?)
   • respite (what does respite mean?)
2. Meaning
   • alleviation of distress
   • showing great kindness toward the distressed
   Usage Example(s)
   • distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy
   Hypernyms(s) mercy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • relief (what does relief mean?)
   • succor (what does succor mean?)
   • succour (what does succour mean?)
   • ministration (what does ministration mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a disposition to be kind and forgiving
   Synonym(s)
   • mercifulness (what does mercifulness mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband
   Hypernyms(s) mercy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • humaneness (what does humaneness mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • mercilessness (what does mercilessness mean?)
   • unmercifulness (what does unmercifulness mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • compassion (what does compassion mean?)
   • pity (what does pity mean?)
   • forgivingness (what does forgivingness mean?)
   • kindness (what does kindness mean?)
   • lenience (what does lenience mean?)
   • leniency (what does leniency mean?)
   • mildness (what does mildness mean?)
   • lenity (what does lenity mean?)
4. Meaning
   • the feeling that motivates compassion
   Synonym(s)
   • mercifulness (what does mercifulness mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) mercy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • compassion (what does compassion mean?)
   • compassionateness (what does compassionateness mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • forgiveness (what does forgiveness mean?)
5. Meaning
   • something for which to be thankful
   Usage Example(s)
   • it was a mercy we got out alive
   Hypernyms(s) mercy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • blessing (what does blessing mean?)
   • boon (what does boon mean?)