Merciful

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Full of mercy; compassionate: sought merciful treatment for the captives. See Synonyms at humane.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. showing mercy
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. Opposite of merciless.
  • adj. Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Possessing the attribute of mercy; exercising forbearance or pity; not revengeful or cruel; clement; compassionate; gracious.
  • Charaoterized by mercy; manifesting clemency or compassion; giving relief from danger, need, or suffering.
  • Synonyms Humane, Merciful (see humane), lenient, mild, tender-hearted.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. showing or giving mercy
  • adj. (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious
  • Equivalent
    gracious   
    Antonym
    implacable    cruel    unfeeling    relentless    merciless   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    benignant    humane    clement    tender    mild    compassionate    kind    gracious    element    lenient   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    humane    compassionate    gracious    magnanimous    prudent    unselfish    helpful    lenient    virtuous    courageous