mercynoun leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; `he threw himself on the mercy of the court` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
mercynoun a disposition to be kind and forgiving; `in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974