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Webster 1913 Edition
Merciful
Mer′ci-ful
,Adj.
[
Mercy
+ -ful
.] 1.
Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. Opposite of
merciless
. The Lord, the Lord God,
merciful
and gracious. Ex. xxxiv. 6.
Be
merciful
, great duke, to men of mold. Shakespeare
2.
Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.
A
merciful
man will be merciful
to his beast. Old Proverb.
Syn. – Compassionate; tender; humane; gracious; kind; mild; clement; benignant.
– Mer′ci-ful-ly
, adv.
Mer′ci-ful-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Merciful
MER'CIFUL
,Adj.
The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth. Ex.34.
1.
Compassionate; tender; unwilling to give pain; not cruel. A merciful man will be merciful to his beast.Definition 2024
merciful
merciful
English
Adjective
merciful (comparative more merciful, superlative most merciful)
- showing mercy
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- 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.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
showing mercy
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