| mercy | Origin: OE. Merci, F. Merci, L. Merces, mercedis, hire, pay, reward, LL, equiv. To misericordia pity, mercy. L. Merces is prob akin to merere to deserve, acquire. See Merit, and cf. Amerce. 1. Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency. "Examples of justice must be made for terror to some; examples of mercy for comfort to others." (Bacon) 2. Compassionate treatment of the unfortunate and helpless; sometimes, favor, beneficence. 3. Disposition to exercise compassion or favor; pity; compassion; willingness to spare or to help. "In whom mercy lacketh and is not founden." (Sir T. Elyot) 4. A blessing regarded as a manifestation of compassion or favor. "The Father of mercies and the God of all comfort." (2 Cor. I. 3) Mercy seat,a religious order founded in Dublin in the year 1827. Communities of the same name have since been established in various American cities. The duties of those belonging to the order are, to attend lying-in hospitals, to superintend the education of girls, and protect decent women out of employment, to visit prisoners and the sick, and to attend persons condemned to death. To be at the mercy of, to be wholly in the power of. Synonym: See Grace. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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euthanasia: the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)
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clemency: leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; "he threw himself on the mercy of the court" mercifulness: a disposition to be kind and forgiving; "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband" mercifulness: the feeling that motivates compassion something for which to be thankful; "it was a mercy we got out alive" alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed; "distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy"
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a virtue, is compassionate treatment, especially of those under one
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Killing by one person of another who has an incurable illness or injury in its final and most painful stages. When mercy killing occurs with the consent of the patient, it is called voluntary. When performed upon an incapacitated person or against a person
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Mercy is the act of not administering justice when that justice is punitive. Because of our sinfulness we deserve death and eternal separation from God (Rom. 6:23; Isaiah 59:2), but God provided an atonement for sin and through it shows us mercy. That is, He does not deliver to the Christian the natural consequence of his sin which is damnation. That is why Jesus became sin on our behalf (2 Cor. 5:21) and bore the punishment due to us (Isaiah 5345). It was to deliver us from damnation. ...
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| mercy | leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice |
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| mercy | alleviation of distress |
| mercy | a disposition to be kind and forgiving |
| mercy | the feeling that motivates compassion |
| mercy | something for which to be thankful |
| mercy | the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) |
| mercy | the golden covering of the ark of the covenant |
| mercy | the throne of God |
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