merciful

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/ˈmɜːsɪfl̩/

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/ˈmɜːsɪfl̩/ · /ˈmɝsɪfl̩/

Definition of merciful

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adj

Showing mercy.

“`Listen, Holly. Thou art a good and honest man, and I fain would spare thee; but, oh! it is so hard for woman to be merciful.'”
“The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.”

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From Middle English merciful, mercyful, equivalent to mercy + -ful. Displaced native Old English mildheort.

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