mercifulness

mercifulness
Synonyms and related words:
acceptance, bleeding heart, bowels of compassion, clemency, clementness, compassion, compassionateness, easiness, easygoingness, forbearance, forbearing, gentleness, humaneness, humanity, laxness, lenience, leniency, lenientness, lenity, mercy, mildness, moderateness, patience, pity, ruthfulness, softheartedness, softness, tenderness, tolerance

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  • mercifulness — index clemency, humanity (humaneness), lenience, pity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • mercifulness — clemency, forbearance, tolerance, leniency, indulgence (see under FORBEARING) Analogous words: *mercy, clemency, lenity, charity, grace: compassion, commiseration, pity, ruth (see SYMPATHY) Contrasted words: severeness or severity, sternness (see …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • mercifulness — noun 1. the feeling that motivates compassion • Syn: ↑mercy • Derivationally related forms: ↑merciful • Hypernyms: ↑compassion, ↑compassionateness • Hyponyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Mercifulness — Merciful Mer ci*ful, a. [Mercy + ful.] 1. Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. Opposite of {merciless}. [1913 Webster] The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious. Ex. xxxiv. 6.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mercifulness — noun see merciful …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • mercifulness — See mercifully. * * * …   Universalium

  • mercifulness — noun The state of being merciful; mercy …   Wiktionary

  • mercifulness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Kind, forgiving, or compassionate treatment of or disposition toward others: charity, clemency, grace, lenience, leniency, lenity, mercy. See FORGIVENESS …   English dictionary for students

  • mercifulness — mer·ci·ful·ness || mÉœrsɪfÊŠlnɪs / mɜːs n. compassionateness, being merciful …   English contemporary dictionary

  • mercifulness — mer·ci·ful·ness …   English syllables

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