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. [1913 Webster] The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious. --Ex. xxxiv. 6. [1913 Webster] Be merciful, great duke, to men of mold. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Unwilling to give pain; compassionate. [1913 Webster] A merciful man will be merciful to his beast. --Old Proverb. [1913 Webster] Syn: Compassionate; tender; humane; gracious; kind; mild; clement; benignant. [1913 Webster] -- Mer"ci*ful*ly, adv. -- Mer"ci*ful*ness, n. [1913 Webster]