Usually means: Compassion and forgiveness shown generously.
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  1. mercifulness: Merriam-Webster
  2. mercifulness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mercifulness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. mercifulness: Vocabulary.com
  5. mercifulness: Wordnik
  6. mercifulness: Wiktionary
  7. mercifulness: Dictionary.com
  8. mercifulness: Rhymezone
  9. mercifulness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. mercifulness: FreeDictionary.org
  11. mercifulness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. mercifulness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. mercifulness: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  The state of being merciful; mercy.

Similar:
clemency, mercy, merciness, unmercifulness, mercilessness, munificence, compassionateness, kindness, mildness, lenitude, more...

Opposite:
cruelty, harshness, unforgivingness, severity, callousness

Adjectives:
noble, great, divine, infinite, mathematical, own, all, charitable, old, rough, ceasing

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Similar:
clemency, mercy, merciness, unmercifulness, mercilessness, munificence, compassionateness, kindness, mildness, lenitude, more...

Opposite:
cruelty, harshness, unforgivingness, severity, callousness

Adjectives:
noble, great, divine, infinite, mathematical, own, all, charitable, old, rough, ceasing



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