mercifulness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the feeling that motivates compassion
    mercy.
  2. noun a disposition to be kind and forgiving
    mercy.
    • in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband
  3. noun leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
    mercy; clemency.
    • he threw himself on the mercy of the court

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