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leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice;
"he threw himself on the mercy of the court"
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a disposition to be kind and forgiving;
"in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband"
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the feeling that motivates compassion
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something for which to be thankful;
"it was a mercy we got out alive"
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alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed;
"distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy"