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- Dictionarymercy/ˈməːsi/
noun
- 1. compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm: "the boy was screaming and begging for mercy" Similar Opposite
exclamation
- 1. used in expressions of surprise or fear: archaic "‘Mercy me!’ uttered Mrs Diggory"
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The meaning of MERCY is compassion or forbearance shown especially to an offender or to one subject to one's power; also : lenient or compassionate treatment. How to use mercy in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Mercy.
MERCY definition: 1. kindness that makes you forgive someone, usually someone that you have authority over: 2. to be…. Learn more.
MERCY meaning: 1. kindness that makes you forgive someone, usually someone that you have authority over: 2. to be…. Learn more.
If you have mercy on someone, you let them off the hook or are kind to them somehow. This is a quality that has to do with compassion, forgiveness, and leniency. If convicted of a crime, you might plead for the judge's mercy, meaning a lesser punishment.
Definition of mercy noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Mercy is used to describe a special journey to help someone in great need, such as people who are sick or made homeless by war. [journalism] She vanished nine months ago while on a mercy mission to West Africa. It's the first so-called mercy flight for a fortnight as the Americans have been waiting for enough people to fill a 747 jet.
Mercy definition: compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence. See examples of MERCY used in a sentence.
MERCY definition: kindness that makes you forgive someone, usually someone that you have authority over: . Learn more.
Clemency and compassion shown to a person who is in a position of powerlessness or subjection, or to a person with no right or claim to receive kindness; kind and compassionate treatment in a case where severity is merited or expected, esp. in giving legal judgment or passing sentence.
1. Compassionate treatment, especially of those under one's power; clemency. 2. A disposition to be kind and forgiving: a heart full of mercy. 3. Something for which to be thankful; a blessing: It was a mercy that no one was hurt. 4. Alleviation of distress; relief: Taking in the refugees was an act of mercy. Idiom: at the mercy of.
