Associations to the word «Mercifulness»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

MERCIFULNESS, noun. The state of being merciful; mercy.

Dictionary definition

MERCIFULNESS, noun. The feeling that motivates compassion.
MERCIFULNESS, noun. A disposition to be kind and forgiving; "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband".
MERCIFULNESS, noun. Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; "he threw himself on the mercy of the court".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin