Defenition of the word mercifulness

• Defenition of the word mercifulness

  • leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; "he threw himself on the mercy of the court"
  • a disposition to be kind and forgiving; "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband"
  • the feeling that motivates compassion
  • leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
  • a disposition to be kind and forgiving

Synonyms for the word mercifulness

• • clemency
  • mercy

Hyponyms for the word mercifulness

• • amnesty
  • commutation
  • compassion
  • forgiveness
  • forgivingness
  • free pardon
  • kindness
  • lenience
  • leniency
  • lenity
  • mildness
  • pardon
  • pity
  • quarter
  • re-sentencing
  • reprieve
  • respite

Hypernyms for the word mercifulness

• • compassion
  • compassionateness
  • humaneness
  • lenience
  • leniency

Antonyms for the word mercifulness

• • mercilessness
  • unmercifulness

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