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merciful | mercifulness |

As an adjective merciful

is showing mercy.

As a noun mercifulness is

the state of being merciful; mercy.

merciful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • showing mercy
  • * 1900', , Chapter I,
    • The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.

    Antonyms

    * merciless * cruel

    Anagrams

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    mercifulness

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • The state of being merciful; mercy.