transitive. To leave (a person) unhurt, unharmed, or uninjured; to refrain from inflicting injury or punishment upon; to allow to escape, go free, or…

transitive. To have mercy on, or show mercy to; to forgive; to be kind, compassionate, or gracious to. Also (occasionally) intransitive.

To show grace or clemency to, respect, spare.

transitive. To have mercy upon, pardon.

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…

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…

transitive. To honour; to treat with restraint, have mercy upon, spare. Cf. methie, v. 1.

transitive. To refrain from killing (a person or animal); to allow to live, to spare. Frequently in collocation with slay. Also intransitive. Obsolete…

intransitive. To be merciful; to have mercy on (with of, to).

To feel or act tenderly towards; to regard or treat with tenderness: with various shades of meaning. To regard or treat with pity; to take pity…

to take to (also into) mercy: to extend pardon to (a person who yields willingly); to give quarter to, receive the submission of. Obsolete.

transitive. To pity, have compassion for; to extend mercy to.

transitive. To treat with mercy, show mercy to.

to give (or cut) (a person) some slack, to show (a person) understanding or restraint, to give (one) a chance. U.S. slang (chiefly Black English).