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mercifulness
(encz) | mercifulness,soucitnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Mercifulness
(gcide) | Merciful \Mer"ci*ful\, a. [Mercy + -ful.]
1. Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to
pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. Opposite of
merciless.
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The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious. --Ex.
xxxiv. 6.
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Be merciful, great duke, to men of mold. --Shak.
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2. Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.
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A merciful man will be merciful to his beast. --Old
Proverb.
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Syn: Compassionate; tender; humane; gracious; kind; mild;
clement; benignant.
[1913 Webster] -- Mer"ci*ful*ly, adv. --
Mer"ci*ful*ness, n.
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mercifulness
(wn) | mercifulness
n 1: the feeling that motivates compassion [syn: mercifulness,
mercy]
2: a disposition to be kind and forgiving; "in those days a wife
had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband" [syn:
mercifulness, mercy] [ant: mercilessness,
unmercifulness]
3: leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or
agency charged with administering justice; "he threw himself
on the mercy of the court" [syn: clemency, mercifulness,
mercy] |
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unmercifulness
(encz) | unmercifulness,nelítostnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Mercifulness
(gcide) | Merciful \Mer"ci*ful\, a. [Mercy + -ful.]
1. Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to
pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. Opposite of
merciless.
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The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious. --Ex.
xxxiv. 6.
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Be merciful, great duke, to men of mold. --Shak.
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2. Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.
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A merciful man will be merciful to his beast. --Old
Proverb.
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Syn: Compassionate; tender; humane; gracious; kind; mild;
clement; benignant.
[1913 Webster] -- Mer"ci*ful*ly, adv. --
Mer"ci*ful*ness, n.
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Unmercifulness
(gcide) | Unmerciful \Un*mer"ci*ful\, a.
Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman;
merciless; unkind. -- Un*mer"ci*ful*ly, adv. --
Un*mer"ci*ful*ness, n.
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unmercifulness
(wn) | unmercifulness
n 1: inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or
forgiving [syn: mercilessness, unmercifulness] [ant:
mercifulness, mercy] |
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