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Mercifulness

noun

The feeling that motivates compassion. Synonym: mercy.

A disposition to be kind and forgiving. Synonym: mercy.

Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice. Synonyms: clemency, mercy.

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"Mercifulness" Quotes from Famous Books

... said the King with somewhat of sternness in his voice. "Now I tell thee that but for three things, to wit, my mercifulness, my love for a stout woodsman, and the loyalty thou hast avowed for me, thine ears, mayhap, might have been more tightly closed than ever a buffet from me could have shut them. Talk not lightly of thy sins, good Robin. But come, look up. ...

— The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood • Howard Pyle

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