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leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
he threw himself on the mercy of the court
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a disposition to be kind and forgiving
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the feeling that motivates compassion
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something for which to be thankful
it was a mercy we got out alive
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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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