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merciful

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Definitions

﹒Showing or exercising compassion or forgiveness.

﹒Serving to alleviate suffering or distress.

Examples

﹒The judge was merciful and gave the first-time offender a lighter sentence.

﹒She prayed for a merciful end to her pet's long and painful illness.

﹒Even in the heat of battle, the knight remained merciful toward his defeated foes.

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