mercifulness

/'mə:sifulnis/
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

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