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mercifulness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Merciful  \Mer"ci*ful\,  a.  [Mercy  +  -ful.] 
  1.  Full  of  mercy;  having  or  exercising  mercy;  disposed  to 
  pity  and  spare  offenders;  unwilling  to  punish. 
 
  The  Lord,  the  Lord  God,  merciful  and  gracious.  --Ex. 
  xxxiv  6. 
 
  Be  merciful,  great  duke,  to  men  of  mold.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Unwilling  to  give  pain;  compassionate. 
 
  A  merciful  man  will  be  merciful  to  his  beast.  --Old 
  Proverb. 
 
  Syn:  Compassionate;  tender;  humane;  gracious;  kind  mild; 
  clement;  benignant.  --  {Mer"ci*ful*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Mer"ci*ful*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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}]




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