What is the meaning of MERCY. Phrases containing MERCY
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v. i.
To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
n.
Compassionate treatment of the unfortunate and helpless; sometimes, favor, beneficence.
n.
Disposition to exercise compassion or favor; pity; compassion; willingness to spare or to help.
n.
Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like; as, to commit crime for the sake of gain; to go abroad for the sake of one's health.
v. t.
Treatment shown by an enemy; mercy; especially, the act of sparing the life a conquered enemy; a refraining from pushing one's advantage to extremes.
n.
The visible majesty of the Divine Presence, especially when resting or dwelling between the cherubim on the mercy seat, in the Tabernacle, or in the Temple of Solomon; -- a term used in the Targums and by the later Jews, and adopted by Christians.
a.
Lying at mercy, as a supplicant.
n.
The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah.
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Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish.
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Tender regard; mercy; favor.
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Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant; merciless waves.
adj.
To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
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Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman; merciless; unkind.
n.
Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry.
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A blessing regarded as a manifestation of compassion or favor.
n.
Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency.
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To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to.
n.
Fig.: A person regarded as receiving or containing something; esp. (Script.), one into whom something is conceived as poured, or in whom something is stored for use; as, vessels of wrath or mercy.
v. t.
To come to for the purpose of chastising, rewarding, comforting; to come upon with reward or retribution; to appear before or judge; as, to visit in mercy; to visit one in wrath.
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