Mer"ci*ful*ness

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Merciful \Mer"ci*ful\, a. [Mercy + -ful.]
   1. Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to
      pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. Opposite of
      {merciless}.
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            The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious. --Ex.
                                                  xxxiv. 6.
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            Be merciful, great duke, to men of mold. --Shak.
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   2. Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.
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            A merciful man will be merciful to his beast. --Old
                                                  Proverb.
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   Syn: Compassionate; tender; humane; gracious; kind; mild;
        clement; benignant.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Mer"ci*ful*ly}, adv. --
        {Mer"ci*ful*ness}, n.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "mercifulness":
      acceptance, bleeding heart, bowels of compassion, clemency,
      clementness, compassion, compassionateness, easiness,
      easygoingness, forbearance, forbearing, gentleness, humaneness,
      humanity, laxness, lenience, leniency, lenientness, lenity, mercy,
      mildness, moderateness, patience, pity, ruthfulness,
      softheartedness, softness, tenderness, tolerance
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