mercy
/ˈmɝsi/ noun B2- Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another. · She took mercy on him and quit embarrassing him.
- Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate. · Have mercy on the poor and assist them if you can.
- A tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion. · Mercy is one of his many virtues.
- Instances of forbearance or forgiveness.
- A blessing; something to be thankful for. · It was a mercy that we were not inside when the roof collapsed
- A children's game in which two players stand opposite with hands grasped and twist each other's arms until one gives in.
Plural mercies
From the library
If you had asked my advice in the matter--which you didn’t do, Marilla--I’d have said for mercy’s sake not to think of such a thing, that’s what.”
But if it kept her from being seasick it’s a mercy I did prowl, isn’t it?
Marilla felt a qualm of conscience at the thought of handing Anne over to her tender mercies.
Anne promptly let go of her candle and plate in her surprise, and plate, candle, and apples crashed together down the cellar ladder and were found at the bottom embedded in melted grease, the next day, by Marilla, who gathered them up and thanked mercy the house hadn’t been set on fire.
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