mercy
- 1) noun, compassionate treatment of or attitude towards an offender, adversary, etc, who is in one's power or care; clemency; pity
- 2) noun, the power to show mercy
- 3) noun, a relieving or welcome occurrence or state of affairs
- 4) noun, at the mercy of in the power of
Etymology
C12: from Old French, from Latin mercēs wages, recompense, price, from merx goods
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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kindness, forbearance, boon, compassion, charity, pity, forgiveness, quarter, favour, grace, clemency, lenient, benevolence, blessing, relief, godsend, benison (archaic)