mercy – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: leniency,
lenience,
humaneness,
compassionateness,
compassion,
blessing,
boon,
succour,
succor,
ministration,
relief
mercy
n.
compassion, pity; charity; forgiveness; act of kindness; lenient sentence
Mercy
Mercy (
Middle English, from
Anglo-French merci, from
Medieval Latin merced-,
merces, from
Latin, "price paid, wages", from
merc-,
merxi "merchandise") is a broad term that refers to
benevolence,
forgiveness and
kindness in a variety of ethical, religious, social and
legal contexts.
mercy
Noun
1. leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; "he threw himself on the mercy of the court"
(synonym) clemency, mercifulness
(hypernym) lenience, leniency
(hyponym) commutation, re-sentencing
2. a disposition to be kind and forgiving; "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband"
(synonym) mercifulness
(hypernym) humaneness
(hyponym) compassion, pity
3. the feeling that motivates compassion
(synonym) mercifulness
(hypernym) compassion, compassionateness
(hyponym) forgiveness
4. something for which to be thankful; "it was a mercy we got out alive"
(hypernym) blessing, boon
5. alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed; "distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy"
(hypernym) relief, succor, succour, ministration
mercy
n.
milost; soucit; na milost komu/čemu; napospas čemu
mercy
Rzecz.
litość; łaska
