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