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Meaning of mercy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈmɜːsi

Definitions

  1. Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
  2. Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another.
    uncountable
  3. A female given name from English.
  4. A surname from French.
  5. grace, charm
  6. Without any protection against; helpless before: drifting in an open boat, at the mercy of the elements.
  7. Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate
  8. Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate.
    uncountable
  9. at the mercy of, wholly in the power of; subject to.
  10. A tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion
  11. good humor
  12. A tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion.
    uncountable
  13. Kind, forgiving, or compassionate treatment of or disposition toward others:charity, clemency, grace, lenience, leniency, lenity, mercifulness.
  14. Instances of forbearance or forgiveness
  15. punch line of a joke or story
  16. Instances of forbearance or forgiveness.
    countable
  17. willing to forgive or to punish only lightly. a merciful judge. genadige رَحيم، رَؤوف милостив clemente milosrdný barmherzig barmhjertig επιεικής, σπλαχνικόςcompasivo, clemente halastav بخشایشگر armollinen miséricordieux, clémentרחום दयालु milosrdan irgalmas kemurahan hati miskunnsamur misericordioso, clemente 慈悲深い 자비로운 gailestingas žēlsirdīgs; žēlīgs belas kasihan genadigbarmhjertig, nådig litościwy بښونكى clemente milos, clement, indulgent милосердный milosrdný, súcitný milosten milostiv ba...
  18. A blessing; something to be thankful for
  19. pardon
  20. A blessing; something to be thankful for.
    countable
  21. genadig بِرَحْمَه милостиво com clemência soucitně barmherzig barmhjertigt ευτυχώςcompasivamente, con piedad halastavalt از روی بخشندگی armollisesti miséricordieusement בְּרַחֲמִים दयापूर्वक milosrdno könyörületesen penuh belas kasihan miskunnsamlega misericordiosamente 情け深く 관대히 gailestingai, laimei žēlsirdīgi; veiksmīgi, laimīgi dengan belas kasihan genadigbarmhjertig, nådig litościwie د بښنى له مخى com clemência cu milă милосердно súcitne, milosrdne milostno milostivo barmhärtigt อย่างเมตตา...
  22. A children's game in which two players stand opposite with hands grasped and twist each other's arms until one gives in.
    uncountable
  23. without mercy; cruel. merciless criticism. genadeloos عَديم الرَّحْمَه безмилостен impiedoso nemilosrdný unbarmherzig nådesløs άσπλαχνος, αμείλικτοςdespiadado halastamatu بی رحم armoton impitoyable חֲסַר רַחֲמִים कठोर nemilosrdan irgalmatlan kejam miskunnarlaus spietato 無慈悲な 무자비한 negailestingas nežēlīgs; bargs tanpa belas kasihan genadeloosnådeløs, skånselløs, ubarmhjertigbezlitosny بى رحمه sem piedade nemilos безжалостный nemilosrdný, neúprosný neusmiljen nemilosrdan obarmhärtig ไร้ความปราณี...
  24. genadeloos بِدون رَحْمَه безмилостно impiedosamente nemilosrdně unbarmherzig nådesløst ανηλεώς sin compasión, sin piedad armutult بی رحمانه armottomasti sans pitié לְלֹא רַחֲמִים निर्दयता से nemilosrdno irgalmatlanul dengan kejam miskunnarlaust in modo spietato 残酷に 무자비하게 negailestingai nežēlīgi; bargi dengan tanpa belas kasihan genadeloosnådeløst, ubarmhjertig bezlitośnie په بى رحمى impiedosamente fără milă безжалостно nemilosrdne, neúprosne neusmiljeno nemilosrdno obarmhärtigt อย่างไร้ความปร...
  25. wholly in the power of, liable to be harmed by. A sailor is at the mercy of the sea. onderworpe aan تَحْتَ رَحْمَة подвластен съм à mercê de vydaný na milost auf Gnade und Ungnade ausgeliefert sein i nogens magt στο έλεος a merced de meelevallas در اختیار دستخوش jnk armoilla à la merci de נָתוּן לְחַסדֵי- के वश में na milost (vki, vmi) szeszélyének kiszolgáltatva di bawah kekuasaan á valdi (e-s) (in balia di), (alla mercé di) ~のなすがままに ...의 처분(마음)대로 ko valioje, visiškai priklausomas kāda varā ...
  26. to give kindness to (an enemy etc who is in one's power). Have mercy on me! wees genadig يَرأف، يَرْحَم пощадявам ter dó de mít soucit s Gnade haben mit vise barmhjertighed mod; have barmhjertighed med λυπούμαι, αισθάνομαι οίκτο tener piedad, tener compasión halastama مرحمت داشتن antaa armoa avoir pitié de לְרַחֵם עַל- smiluj se megkönyörül vkin mengasihani sÿna miskunn avere pietà di ~をあわれむ 자비를 베풀다 pasigailėti apžēloties mengasihani zich ontfermen over ha medlidenhet med, være nådigzlitować ...
    etc
  27. misericordia, compasión;___ killing → eutanasia.

Equivalents

العربية الرحمة رأفة رحمة شفقة لطف
Azərbaycanca lütf mərhəmət rəhm
Български милост
বাংলা রহমত
Bosanski milost nade pena милост
Ελληνικά έλεος
Esperanto kompato
Español gracia mercedes misericordia piedad
Eesti arm
فارسی رحم شفقت لطف
Gaeilge trócaire
Galego misericórdia
Hausa rahama
עברית רחמים
Hrvatski milost nade pena милост
Հայերեն ողորմություն
Bahasa Indonesia pinta
Íslenska miskunn
日本語 恵み 情け 慈悲
ខ្មែរ មេត្តា
한국어 동정 인정 자비
Kurdî arm awa awa lutf merhamet pena ترس
Latina misericordia
Lëtzebuergesch Gnod
ລາວ ກະລຸນາ
Македонски милост
မြန်မာဘာသာ ကရုဏာ
Português misericórdia piedade
Slovenčina milosť
Српски milost nade pena милост
Kiswahili huruma rehema
Тоҷикӣ раҳм
Tagalog awa
Türkçe merhamet
Українська милосе́рдя
اردو ترس رَحِم
Oʻzbekcha lutf marhamat shafqat

Examples

“She took mercy on him and quit embarrassing him.”
“Have mercy on the poor and assist them if you can.”
“He despaired of God's mercy in the same fact, where this presumed of it; he by a decollation of all hope annihilated his mercy, this by an immoderancy thereof destroyed his justice”
“Mercy is one of his many virtues.”
“1982, Bible (NKJV), Psalm 40:11a Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord”
“It was a mercy that we were not inside when the roof collapsed”
“Mr Pecksniff was a moral man — a grave man, a man of noble sentiments and speech — and he had had her christened Mercy. Mercy! oh, what a charming name for such a pure–souled Being as the youngest Miss Pecksniff! Her sister’s name was Charity. There was a good thing! Mercy and Charity!”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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