mercifulness (n.)

  1. the feeling that motivates compassion

    [ Syn: mercy ]

  2. a disposition to be kind and forgiving; in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband

    [ Syn: mercy ]

  3. leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; he threw himself on the mercy of the court

    [ Syn: clemency , mercy ]

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