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1. a. : compassion or forbearance (see forbearance sense 1) shown especially to an offender or to one subject to one's power. also : lenient or compassionate treatment. begged for mercy. : imprisonment rather than death imposed as penalty for first-degree murder. 2. a. : a blessing that is an act of divine favor or compassion.
an event or situation that you are grateful for because it stops something unpleasant: After months of suffering, his death was a mercy. They were on a mercy mission to take food to the refugees when they were attacked. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Synonyms for MERCY: mercifulness, empathy, compassion, leniency, kindness, sympathy, grace, clemency; Antonyms of MERCY: vengeance, revenge, ruthlessness, retribution, retaliation, punishment, cruelty, violence.
Betty Jo Rocchio has served as Mercy’s senior vice president and chief nurse executive since October 2020. Previously, she was the chief nursing optimization officer beginning in April 2018. Rocchio joined Mercy in August 2013 as vice president of perioperative services.
an event or situation that you are grateful for because it stops something unpleasant: After months of suffering, his death was a mercy. They were on a mercy mission to take food to the refugees when they were attacked. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
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. When people say "May God have mercy on me!"
1. a refraining from harming or punishing offenders, enemies, persons in one's power, etc.; kindness in excess of what may be expected or demanded by fairness; forbearance and compassion. 2. imprisonment rather than the death penalty imposed on those found guilty of capital crimes. 3.
