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Antonyms for mercy

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mur-see
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɜr si

Definition of mercy

Origin :
  • late 12c., "God's forgiveness of his creatures' offenses," from Old French mercit, merci (9c.) "reward, gift; kindness, grace, pity," from Latin mercedem (nominative merces) "reward, wages, pay hire" (in Vulgar Latin "favor, pity"), from merx (genitive mercis) "wares, merchandise" (see market (n.)). In Church Latin (6c.) applied to the heavenly reward of those who show kindness to the helpless.
  • Meaning "disposition to forgive or show compassion" is attested from early 13c. As an interjection, attested from mid-13c. In French largely superseded by miséricorde except as a word of thanks. Seat of mercy "golden covering of the Ark of the Covenant" (1530) is Tyndale's loan-translation of Luther's gnadenstuhl, an inexact rendering of Hebrew kapporeth, literally "propitiatory."
  • noun kindness, compassion
Example sentences :
  • There, I thought I'd reveal the distressing truth about myself while I had you at my mercy.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • But the Marquis has no mercy on the performances of poor Miss Pardoe.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • It was awful to Harriett that her father should be ill, lying there at their mercy.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • He was merciful only when you paid for His mercy in advance.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Oh, miss, ain't it a mercy everybody ain't so like your own!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • If you have forfeited man's respect and esteem, there is a God with whom there is mercy and forgiveness.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • Our judgment is always too much at the mercy of our likes and dislikes.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The industrious and thrifty would be at the mercy of the lazy and wicked.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • Then crying, "I believe you, doctor; thank God for his mercy!"
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • They were poor men, they said, and their property was at the mercy of the Government.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

Synonyms for mercy

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