mercy

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[ US /ˈmɝsi/ ]
[ UK /mˈɜːsi/ ]

NOUN

the feeling that motivates compassion
something for which to be thankful
it was a mercy we got out alive
a disposition to be kind and forgiving
in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
he threw himself on the mercy of the court
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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How To Use mercy In A Sentence

With most of Bradford's other income coming from mortgage broking, estate agency and property surveying, the decent yield really is at the mercy of house prices.
Being at the mercy of an unmerciful Ãresource decisionÃ ®, right at the end of your life, is unacceptable.
In the meantime, they remain at the mercy of the elements, and on rainy days, their business suffers.
You're so sweet I just wanted to throw myself on your mercy and beg you to help me.
The President rejected the mercy petition after consulting legal experts, including Attorney General Milon Banerji.
The two delegates approached the supreme leader on several occasions trying to beg mercy for their fellow reformers.
Together, they went on to buy the Mercy Convent in Stradbally, and converted it into a gardening school with residential and non-residential courses, known as Carrigahilla House and Gardens.
We have been at the mercy of the storm for days, and the cloud cover still prevents me from fixing our location by the stars.
Now the three swords, now and anciently borne before the king at his coronation, were known as the sword of the clergy, the sword of the laity, and the third (curtana), which has no point, the sword of mercy. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
In this sense, mercy can be thought of as the opposite of grace, or perhaps more correctly - the inverse.

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