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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.
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!"
noun. a female given name. mercy. / ˈmɜːsɪ / noun. compassionate treatment of or attitude towards an offender, adversary, etc, who is in one's power or care; clemency; pity. the power to show mercy. to throw oneself on someone's mercy. a relieving or welcome occurrence or state of affairs. his death was a mercy after weeks of pain. at the mercy of.
mercy. ( ˈmɜːsɪ) n, pl -cies. 1. compassionate treatment of or attitude towards an offender, adversary, etc, who is in one's power or care; clemency; pity. 2. the power to show mercy: to throw oneself on someone's mercy. 3. a relieving or welcome occurrence or state of affairs: his death was a mercy after weeks of pain.
Synonyms for MERCY: mercifulness, empathy, compassion, leniency, kindness, sympathy, grace, clemency; Antonyms of MERCY: vengeance, revenge, ruthlessness, retribution, retaliation, punishment, cruelty, violence.
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.
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.
He had to leave his boat to the mercy of the storm. As the army retreated, the people were left to the mercies of the advancing enemy. MERCY meaning: 1 : kind or forgiving treatment of someone who could be treated harshly; 2 : kindness or help given to people who are in a very bad or desperate situation.
Definition of mercy noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
