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mercy

noun
  1. leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
    “They threw themselves on the mercy of the court.”
    clemency
  2. alleviation of distress
  3. a disposition to be kind and forgiving
    mercifulness
  4. the feeling that motivates compassion
    mercifulness
  5. something for which to be thankful
    “it was a mercy we got out alive”