Mercy

//ˈmɜːsi//

Synonyms for "mercy" (91 found)

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Closest matches (19)

Noun(3 words)
ruthbowelsclemency

Strong matches (27)

Related words (45)

Verb(1 words)
yield

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Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

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derived

31 entries

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1 entries

is a

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Translations

261 translations across 78 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • mëshirë noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • ndjesë noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἔλεος noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Arabic

4 entries
  • رحمة noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • رَأْفَة noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • رَحْمَة noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • رَحْمَة noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ողորմություն noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • lütf noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • mərhəmət noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • rəhm noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • şəfqət noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • лі́тасць noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • лі́тасцівасць noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • мі́ласць noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • міласэ́рдзе noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Bengali

3 entries
  • করুণা noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • রহমত noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • রহমত noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • ми́лост noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • милосъ́рдие noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • милосъ́рдие noun (tendency toward forgiveness)
  • състрада́ние noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ကရုဏာ noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Catalan

1 entries
  • misericòrdia noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Cebuano

2 entries
  • kaluoy noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • kaluoy noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 同情 noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • 幸運 /幸运 noun (blessing; something to be thankful for)
  • 慈悲 noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • 慈悲 noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Czech

2 entries
  • milosrdenství noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • milost noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Danish

3 entries
  • barmhjertighed noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • nåde noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • nåde noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Dutch

4 entries
  • barmhartigheid noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • barmhartigheid noun (tendency toward forgiveness)
  • erbarmen noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • genade noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • kompato noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • mizerikordo noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Estonian

2 entries
  • arm noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • halastus noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Faroese

1 entries
  • náð noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Finnish

4 entries
  • armeliaisuus noun (tendency toward forgiveness)
  • armo noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • armo noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • armo noun (instance of forebearance or forgiveness)

French

4 entries
  • miséricorde noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • miséricorde noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • miséricorde noun (tendency toward forgiveness)
  • pitié noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Galician

1 entries
  • misericordia noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Georgian

4 entries
  • დანდობა noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • მოწყალება noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • შეწყალება noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • წყალობა noun (forgiveness or compassion)

German

4 entries
  • Akt der Gnade noun (instance of forebearance or forgiveness)
  • Barmherzigkeit noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • Barmherzigkeit noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • Erbarmen noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Greek

1 entries
  • έλεος noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • mizerikòd noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Hausa

1 entries
  • rahama noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • רַחֲמִים noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Hiligaynon

1 entries
  • kalooy noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अनुकंपा noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • अनुकंपा noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • करुणा noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • करुणा noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bocsánat noun (instance of forebearance or forgiveness)
  • elnézés noun (tendency toward forgiveness)
  • enyheség noun (tendency toward forgiveness)
  • irgalmasság noun (tendency toward forgiveness)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • miskunn noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pinta noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Irish

3 entries
  • trócaire noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • trócaire noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • trócaire noun (tendency toward forgiveness)

Italian

4 entries
  • benevolenza noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • commiserazione noun (tendency toward forgiveness)
  • compassione noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • compassione noun (tendency toward forgiveness)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 恵み noun (blessing; something to be thankful for)
  • 情け noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • 情け noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • 慈悲 noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • мейірімділік noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • қайырымдылық noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Khmer

1 entries
  • មេត្តា noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Kinaray-a

1 entries
  • kangir-o noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Korean

3 entries
  • 동정 noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • 인정 noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • 자비 noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Lao

2 entries
  • ກະລຸນາ noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • ເມດຕາ noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Latin

1 entries
  • misericordia noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Lutuv

1 entries
  • duena noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Gnod noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • милост noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakaaroha noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Navajo

3 entries
  • hojoobaʼ noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • hojoobaʼ noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • hojoobaʼ noun (tendency toward forgiveness)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • rehema noun (tendency toward forgiveness)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • barmhjertighet noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • nåde noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • nåde noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Occitan

1 entries
  • misericòrdia noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Old English

2 entries
  • mildheortnes noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • mildheortnes noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • miskunn noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • رحم noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • رحم noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Persian

4 entries
  • رحم noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • رحم noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • رحمت noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • شفقت noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Jaumahoat noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Polish

3 entries
  • litość noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • miłosierdzie noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • miłosierdzie noun (tendency toward forgiveness)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • misericórdia noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • misericórdia noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • misericórdia noun (tendency toward forgiveness)
  • misericórdia noun (blessing; something to be thankful for)

Romanian

4 entries
  • binecuvântare noun (blessing; something to be thankful for)
  • compasiune noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • compătimire noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • compătimire noun (tendency toward forgiveness)

Russian

4 entries
  • ми́лость noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • ми́лость noun (instance of forebearance or forgiveness)
  • ми́лость noun (blessing; something to be thankful for)
  • милосе́рдие noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • करुणा noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • mȉlosr̄đe noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • mȉlōst noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • ми̏ло̄ст noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • ми̏лоср̄ђе noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Slovak

2 entries
  • milosrdenstvo noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • milosť noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Slovene

2 entries
  • milost noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • usmiljenje noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Spanish

4 entries
  • Mercedes name (female given name)
  • misericordia noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • misericordia noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • piedad noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Swahili

3 entries
  • huruma noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • huruma noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • rehema noun (tendency toward forgiveness)

Swedish

4 entries
  • barmhärtighet noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • barmhärtighet noun (tendency toward forgiveness)
  • nåd noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • nåd noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • awa noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • awa noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Tajik

4 entries
  • лутф noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • меҳрубонӣ noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • раҳм noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • раҳм noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Thai

3 entries
  • กรุณา noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • ความปรานี noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • เมตตา noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • སྙིང་རྗེ་ noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • marimari noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Turkish

1 entries
  • merhamet noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎗𐎈𐎎 noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • ми́лість noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • милосе́рдя noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • поща́да noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Urdu

3 entries
  • ترس noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • رحم noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • رحمت noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • lutf noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • marhamat noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • rahm noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • rahm noun (forgiveness or compassion)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • lòng thương noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)

Welsh

3 entries
  • trugaredd noun (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
  • trugaredd noun (forgiveness or compassion)
  • trugaredd noun (tendency toward forgiveness)

Sample sentences

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The yacht was at the mercy of the dreadful storm.

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Portia tempered justice with mercy.

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Beer sales are at the mercy of the weather.

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The champion had the challengers at his mercy.

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