mercifulness

/'mə:sifulnis/

Thân thiện

The judge showed mercifulness by giving the young man a second chance.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The quality or state of being merciful; leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice. It refers to the act of showing forgiveness or kindness, especially to someone one has the power to punish.
   • A disposition to be kind and forgiving. This describes a personal character trait of being inclined toward mercy.
   • The feeling that motivates compassion. This is the emotional state that leads one to act with mercy.

Usage and Examples

• Noun:
  • The judge's mercifulness was evident when he gave the young offender a second chance. (Here, 'mercifulness' refers to the leniency shown by an authority figure.)
  • Her inherent mercifulness meant she could never stay angry for long. (In this example, 'mercifulness' describes a personal character trait of forgiveness.)
  • He pleaded for mercifulness from his captors. (This usage shows 'mercifulness' as the compassion or clemency being sought.)

Advanced Usage

• "An act of mercifulness": A specific instance or deed demonstrating mercy.
  • Freeing the prisoners was seen as an extraordinary act of mercifulness.

Variants and Related Words

• Merciful (adj): Showing or exercising mercy.
  • The merciful king spared the traitor's life.
• Merciless (adj): Showing no mercy; cruel.
  • The merciless attack left no survivors.
• Mercy (n): The foundational concept; compassion or forgiveness shown.
  • They begged for mercy.

Synonyms

• Clemency: Leniency and mercy, especially in the context of punishment.
• Compassion: Sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings of others.
• Leniency: The fact or quality of being more merciful or tolerant than expected.
• Forgiveness: The action or process of ceasing to feel resentment for an offense.

Antonyms

• Cruelty: Willful infliction of pain or suffering.
• Mercilessness: The quality of showing no mercy.
• Ruthlessness: The quality of having no pity; harshness.
• Severity: The fact or condition of being strict or harsh.

Học thuật

Noun

1. leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
   • he threw himself on the mercy of the court
2. a disposition to be kind and forgiving
   • in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband
3. the feeling that motivates compassion

Từ đồng nghĩa

• clemency
• mercy