as in mercy
kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it
preached that the mercifulness of the Lord is without limit
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mercy
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Eventually, every American who wanted to evacuate was evacuated, but thousands of Vietnamese who had worked for or collaborated with the Americans were left to the mercy of the North Vietnamese.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026 -
Still, Patel didn’t offer any specifics on how to keep costs down; the company has thus far been at the mercy of component suppliers.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Mercifulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mercifulness. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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