OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 24211

mercy

/ˈmɜːsi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
misericordia • piedad
Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another.
She took mercy on him and quit embarrassing him.
misericordia • piedad
Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate.
Have mercy on the poor and assist them if you can.
He despaired of God's mercy in the same fact, where this presumed of it; he by a decollation of all hope annihilated his mercy, this by an immoderancy thereof destroyed his justice
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