Analysis Complete

mercy

/ mercy /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed
"distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy"
Type of:
relief succor succour
noun Sense 2
something for which to be thankful
"it was a mercy we got out alive"
Type of:
blessing boon
noun Sense 3
a disposition to be kind and forgiving
"in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband"
Opposites:
mercilessness unmercifulness
Type of:
humaneness
Kinds of:
compassion pity forgivingness kindness lenience
noun Sense 4
the feeling that motivates compassion
Type of:
compassion compassionateness
Kinds of:
forgiveness
noun Sense 5
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
"he threw himself on the mercy of the court"
Type of:
lenience leniency
Kinds of:
commutation re-sentencing amnesty pardon free pardon
Semantic Complexity
77%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
23
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

Word Relationship Graph

Synonyms Antonyms Hypernyms Hyponyms

Related Words

relief succor succour blessing boon humaneness compassion pity forgivingness kindness lenience mercilessness