Read the dictionary definition of mercy. All definitions for this word.
1. leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
1. he threw himself on the mercy of the court
2. alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed
1. distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy
3. a disposition to be kind and forgiving
1. in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband
4. the feeling that motivates compassion
5. something for which to be thankful
1. it was a mercy we got out alive
