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Found 2 items, similar to mercifulness.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mercifulness
mercifulness
n 1: the feeling that motivates compassion [syn:
mercy]
2: a disposition to be kind and forgiving;
“in those days a
wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband”
[syn:
mercy] [ant:
mercilessness]
3: leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person
or agency charged with administering justice;
“he threw
himself on the mercy of the court” [syn:
clemency,
mercy]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mercifulness
Merciful
\Mer"ci*ful\, a. [Mercy + -ful.]
1. Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to
pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. Opposite of
merciless.
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The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious. --Ex.
xxxiv. 6.
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Be merciful, great duke, to men of mold. --Shak.
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2. Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.
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A merciful man will be merciful to his beast. --Old
Proverb.
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Syn: Compassionate; tender; humane; gracious; kind; mild;
clement; benignant.
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Mer"ci*ful*ly, adv. --
Mer"ci*ful*ness, n.
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