mercy
🇺🇸
/ˈmɜːrsi/
🇬🇧
/ˈmɜːsi/
noun
C1
kindness and forgiveness shown to someone you could harm or punish
The judge showed mercy to the young offender by giving a lighter sentence.
R
something good that stops something bad from happening
It was a mercy when the rain finally stopped the forest fire.
translation
kindness and forgiveness shown to someone you could harm or punish; something good that stops something bad from happening
Word Forms
Plural
mercies