1.Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency. "Examples of justice must be made for terror to some; examples of mercy for comfort to others."
2.Compassionate treatment of the unfortunate and helpless; sometimes, favor, beneficence.
3.Disposition to exercise compassion or favor; pity; compassion; willingness to spare or to help. "In whom mercy lacketh and is not founden."
4.A blessing regarded as a manifestation of compassion or favor. "The Father of mercies and the God of all comfort."
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