nnoun.actleniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justiceSynset:clemency mercifulness
Examples:- he threw himself on the mercy of the court
Derivationally Related Form:clementmerciful
Hypernyms:lenience leniency
Inherited Hypernyms:clemencyleniencetoleranceallowancelicenseauthorizationmanagementsocial controlgroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:clemencyleniencetoleranceallowancelicenseauthorizationmanagementsocial controlgroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:amnestycommutationfree pardonpardonquarterre-sentencingreprieverespite
Full Hyponyms:amnestycommutationquarterreprieve
nnoun.attributea disposition to be kind and forgivingSynset:mercifulness
Examples:- in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband
Antonyms:mercilessness
Derivationally Related Form:merciful
Hypernyms:humaneness
Inherited Hypernyms:mercifulnesshumanenessqualityattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:compassionforgivingnesskindnesslenienceleniencylenitymildnesspity
Full Hyponyms:compassionforgivingnesslenience
nnoun.feelingthe feeling that motivates compassionSynset:mercifulness
Derivationally Related Form:merciful
Hypernyms:compassion compassionateness
Inherited Hypernyms:mercifulnesscompassionsympathyfeelingstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:forgiveness
Full Hyponyms:forgiveness
nnoun.statesomething for which to be thankfulExamples:- it was a mercy we got out alive
Hypernyms:blessing boon
Inherited Hypernyms:mercyblessinggood fortunefortuneconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.actalleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressedExamples:- distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy
Hypernyms:ministration relief succor succour
Inherited Hypernyms:mercyreliefaidactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity