🙏merciful

Meaning

showing compassion or forgiveness towards someone one has the power to punish or harm.

showing compassion or forgiveness; kind and forgiving

Example Sentences

The judge was merciful and gave him a lighter sentence.

The merciful judge gave him a lighter sentence.

Example Expressions

merciful end

Synonyms

compassionate, forgiving, lenient, kind, humane

Entry 1

compassionate, forgiving, lenient, kind, humane

Entry 2

compassionate, kind, forgiving

Antonyms

cruel, harsh, pitiless, merciless

Entry 1

cruel, harsh, pitiless

Entry 2

merciless, cruel, harsh

Collocations

merciful judge, merciful act, merciful end, mercifully spared, merciful God, merciful heart

Entry 1

merciful judge, merciful act, merciful end, mercifully spared

Entry 2

merciful God, merciful judge, merciful heart