Word Finder - mercy

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Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another.

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She took mercy on him and quit embarrassing him.

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Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate.

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Have mercy on the poor and assist them if you can.

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A tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion.

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Mercy is one of his many virtues.

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Instances of forbearance or forgiveness.

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Psalms 40:11 Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord

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A blessing; something to be thankful for.

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It was a mercy that we were not inside when the roof collapsed

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To feel mercy

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To show mercy; to pardon or treat leniently because of mercy

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Expressing surprise or alarm.

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Mercy! Look at the state of you!

I pray they will have mercy on you for your assistance.

Power without mercy is dangerous, son.

I have no mercy for any creature that preys on humans.

You are showing your daughter mercy, Wynn said carefully.

Your father showed me mercy and you showed me kindness.

We will show the worlds the same mercy they showed me.

What mercy I have to give comes from her memory.

She hesitated at the head of the stairs, tormented by the knowledge her father was incapable of mercy towards his daughter, let alone a stranger.

He didn't have an ounce of mercy or humanity in him!

Wynn didn't like being out of control, at the mercy of one he couldn't predict or manipulate.

May God have mercy upon him."

I've never known mercy, and I'll grant it to no one.

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.

He was putting himself at her mercy again, except that, this time, he had the power and chose not to use it.

I don't remember what made me take mercy on you and none of them.

He is generosity, mercy, justice, order, genius--that's what the Emperor is!

Neither Kris nor Sasha was capable of mercy or empathy.

It gave her a little bit of peace, knowing she wasn't solely at the mercy of the outlaw.

Can you not also show her mercy?

Aristotelians, the dialectical induction of the Topics, content with imperfect enumeration and with showing the burden of disproof upon the critic, is puerile, and at the mercy of a single instance to the contrary.

God's continual presence, his fatherly love, his transcendent righteousness, his mercy, his goodness, were the facts of immediate experience.

Thus religion is ethical through and through, as God's inner nature, expressed in forgiveness, mercy, righteousness and truth, is not something transcendental, but belongs to the realm of daily life.

The bill attempted to safeguard British interests, while leaving Ireland at the mercy of the native politicians.

The merit of it is therefore infinite; God's justice is thus appeased, and His mercy may extend to man.

Workless, and in desperation, they threw themselves on Edwards mercy,, by the advice of a rich citizen of Ghent, Jacob van Artevelde; and their last scruples of loyalty gave way when Edward decided to follow the counsels of Robert of Artois and of Artevelde, and to claim the crown of France.

Italy and Germany were two great tracts of land at the mercy of the highest bidder, rich and easy to, dominate, where these coarse and alien kings, still reared on medieval traditions, were for fifty years to gratify their love of conciucst.

Thus, here as elsewhere, we see a vacillating hand-to-mouth policy, at the mercy of a passion for power or for sensual gratification.

Amidst this extraordinary instability, when everything was at the mercy of a secret thought of the master, the mistress alone held lasting sway; in a reign of all-pervading satiety and tedium, she managed to remain indispensable and bewitching to the day of her death.

After deliberating for four days how to deal with his adversary, who had thus maladroitly placed himself at his mercy, Charles decided to respect the parole he had given and to treat with Louis (October 1468), at the same time forcing him to assist in quelling the revolt.

The Jews prayed to the Lord for mercy, and two angels appeared from heaven, to the confusion of the royal troops, who were trampled down by the elephants.

He used this liberty only to go to Florence, in 1419, and throw himself on the mercy of the legitimate pope.

All this time he was in close communication with the royalists in France, but was much embarrassed by the conflicting policy pursued by the comte d'Artois from England, and was largely at the mercy of corrupt and dishonest agents. ?

The imperialists did nothing, however, to drive the Swedes from Brandenburg, and the unfortunate land was entirely at the mercy of the enemy.

I need Travis at Mercy Hospital, room 515.

She watched TV for a while, waiting for details of the Mercy Hospital massacre to air.

The Others had no mercy for mortals, and Jule couldn't imagine what it was like to be raised by one.

The woman before him was just discovering her power and was on the leash of a creature that knew neither compassion nor mercy.

Whatever deal you lost, you'll suffer demon mercy for as long as we keep you alive.

When the timing was right, he had the advantages of strength and negotiating without the hindrance of mercy or a conscience.

Darkyn brought Past-Death back, fulfilling their mystery-deal, and you were at the mercy of Darkyn, Gabriel finished for her.

He was a brutal disciplinarian with no more mercy for his demons than he showed humans who lost deals.

It gave her a little bit of peace, knowing she wasn't solely at the mercy of the Immortal Laws and Fate.

She definitely feared him, and she was shown mercy by the Dark One.

So you left Deidre in Hell at the mercy of the Dark One.

Was it worse to be alive in Hell at his mercy or slaughtered by the Dark One?

Darkyn brought past-Death back, fulfilling their mystery-deal, and you were at the mercy of Darkyn, Gabriel finished.

Without taking his eyes off Gabriel, the ruthless demon lord that knew no mercy bowed his head to his mate and nudged her gently in return.

He'd loved and hated her his whole life, a beautiful woman with neither mercy nor honor, who viewed mortals and Immortals alike as toys.

He suppressed a sigh, sensing she was beyond mercy for anyone on her list.

He was surprised she came back at all --Sasha had no mercy and rarely left his victims alive.