mercy

mercy is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency.
2. noun. Compassionate treatment of the unfortunate and helpless; sometimes, favor, beneficence.
3. noun. Disposition to exercise compassion or favor; pity; compassion; willingness to spare or to help.
4. noun. A blessing regarded as a manifestation of compassion or favor.
5. noun. leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice

   "he threw himself on the mercy of the court"

   Synonyms: clemency, mercifulness

6. noun. alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed

   "distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy"

7. noun. a disposition to be kind and forgiving

   "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband"

   Synonyms: mercifulness

8. noun. the feeling that motivates compassion

   Synonyms: mercifulness

9. noun. something for which to be thankful

   "it was a mercy we got out alive"

Synonyms

clemency, mercifulness

Common word forms

mercies

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