Mercy

What does MERCY mean?

1. noun

   leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice

   “he threw himself on the mercy of the court”

2. noun

   a disposition to be kind and forgiving

   “in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband”

3. noun

   the feeling that motivates compassion

4. noun

   something for which to be thankful

   “it was a mercy we got out alive”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.