| 单词 | mercifulness |
| 释义 | mercifulness (once / 70775 pages) n WORD FAMILY merciful: mercifuler, mercifully, mercifulness, unmerciful+/merciless: mercilessly, mercilessness/mercy: mercies, merciful, merciless/unmerciful: unmercifully, unmercifulness USAGE EXAMPLESNothing can exceed the mercifulness of this language! Ryle, John Charles, Practical Religion—Being Plain Pape...(2011) The tendency is toward too great mercifulness, which spoils the character of the nation, just as leniency to the developing child spoils individual character. Walsh, James J. (James Joseph), Psychotherapy(2011) It is a desperate enterprise, and would be both rash and indelicate if the mercifulness of it did not demand the sacrifice. Bowling, John, The Last of the Vikings(2011) 1n a disposition to be kind and forgiving in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper mercy mercilessness, unmercifulness inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving compassion, pity the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it forgivingness, kindnesstendency to be kind and forgiving lenience, leniency, lenity, mildnessmercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant humaneness the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals) 2n the feeling that motivates compassion Syn|Hypo|Hyper mercy forgiveness compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive compassion, compassionateness a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering 3n leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice Syn|Hypo|Hyper clemency, mercy commutation, re-sentencing (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law amnesty, free pardon, pardonthe formal act of liberating someone quarterclemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent reprieve, respitethe act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment lenience, leniency lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers |
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