Synonyms for mercy
ˈmɜr simer·cy

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1. mercy

   Mercy is the exercise of less severity than one deserves, or in a more extended sense, the granting of kindness or favor beyond what one may rightly claim. Grace is favor, kindness, or blessing shown to the undeserving; forgiveness, mercy, and pardon are exercised toward the ill-deserving. Pardon remits the outward penalty which the offender deserves; forgiveness dismisses resentment or displeasure from the heart of the one offended; mercy seeks the highest possible good of the offender. There may be mercy without pardon, as in the mitigation of sentence, or in all possible alleviation of necessary severity; there may be cases where pardon would not be mercy, since it would encourage to repetition of the offense, from which timely punishment might have saved. Mercy is also used in the wider sense of refraining from harshness or cruelty toward those who are in one's power without fault of their own; as, they besought the robber to have mercy. Clemency is a colder word than mercy, and without its religious associations, signifying mildness and moderation in the use of power where severity would have legal or military, rather than moral sanction; it often denotes a habitual mildness of disposition on the part of the powerful, and is matter rather of good nature or policy than of principle. Leniency or lenity denotes an easy-going avoidance of severity; these words are more general and less magisterial than clemency; we should speak of the leniency of a parent, the clemency of a conqueror. Compare PITY.

   Synonyms:
   benevolence, benignity, blessing, clemency, compassion, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, gentleness, grace, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, mildness, pardon, pardon, pity, tenderness

   Antonyms:
   cruelty, hardness, harshness, implacability, justice, penalty, punishment, revenge, rigor, severity, sternness, vengeance

   Preposition:
   The mercy of God to or toward sinners; have mercy on or upon one.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. mercy

   Synonyms:
   compassion, clemency, forgiveness, forbearance, grace, benefit, gift, pity, leniency, tenderness

   Antonyms:
   exaction, harshness, cruelty, vengeance, unpityingness, unforgiveness

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1. clemency, mercifulness, mercynoun

   leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice

   "he threw himself on the mercy of the court"

   Synonyms:
   mildness, clemency, mercifulness

2. mercifulness, mercynoun

   a disposition to be kind and forgiving

   "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband"

   Synonyms:
   clemency, mercifulness

3. mercifulness, mercynoun

   the feeling that motivates compassion

   Synonyms:
   clemency, mercifulness

4. mercynoun

   something for which to be thankful

   "it was a mercy we got out alive"

   Synonyms:
   clemency, mercifulness

5. mercynoun

   alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed

   "distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy"

   Synonyms:
   clemency, mercifulness

Matched Categories

1. • Blessing
   • Compassion
   • Humaneness
   • Leniency
   • Relief

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1. mercynoun

   Synonyms:
   clemency, lenity, lenience, leniency, compassion, pity, tenderness, kindness, mildness, gentleness

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1. mercynoun

   Synonyms:
   clemency, pity, lenity, leniency, lenience, compassion, forgiveness, placability, discretion, disposal, blessing, favor

   Antonyms:
   revenge, implacability, inclemency, incompassion

PPDB, the paraphrase database(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "mercy":

   clemency, misericordia, pity, leniency, clemencia, compassion, clémence, rahmah, grace, merciful, rahma, thanks, please, pardon, gracia, piety, rahim

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How to use mercy in a sentence?

1. Mwanandeke Kindembo:

   You must, therefore, know your limits of self-defence; so as not to cross the line of mercy and forgiveness.

2. Winston Churchill:

   We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

3. Defense Secretary Mark Esper:

   Many of those ventilators deployed with the USNS Comfort and Mercy in New York and( Los Angeles), respectively. They are with our field hospitals. We have several field hospitals deployed in New York, in Seattle, in New Orleans and Dallas. And then we provided several hundred more that are pre-positioned and ready to go, particularly with regard to New York City when they're needed.

4. Prince Mohammed:

   We will not allow our country ever to be at the mercy of commodity price volatility or external markets, we have developed a case of oil addiction in Saudi Arabia.

5. Stephen Carlsen:

   Holy Scripture is clear about how we are to treat people trying to find safety for their families – we are to show mercy and welcome them, the Holy Family today calls us to stand with all families seeking safety and a future for their children.

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