Definitions for mercifulness



Overview of noun mercifulness

The noun mercifulness has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. mercifulness, mercy

(the feeling that motivates compassion)

2. mercifulness, mercy

(a disposition to be kind and forgiving; "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband")

3. clemency, mercifulness, mercy

(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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