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Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
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mercifulness
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Merciful \Mer"ci*ful\, a. [Mercy + -ful.] Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. Opposite of merciless . The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious. --Ex. xxxiv. 6. Be merciful, great duke, ...
Wiktionary
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n. The state of being merciful; mercy.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the feeling that motivates compassion [syn: mercy ] 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 ] leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by ...
Usage examples of mercifulness.
When that which had been preordained in Thy Book came to pass Thou didst cause Me, through Thy kindness, to reach Thy holy precincts and didst suffer Me, through Thy tender mercy, to dwell within the court of fellowship, until I discerned therein that which I witnessed of the clear tokens of Thy mercifulness, the compelling evidences of Thy oneness, the effulgent splendours of Thy majesty, the source of Thy supreme singleness, the heights of Thy transcendent sovereignty, the signs of Thy peerlessness, the manifestations of Thine exalted glory, the retreats of Thy sanctity, and whatsoever is inscrutable to all but Thee.