- clemency, mercifulness, mercy - leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; "he threw himself on the mercy of the court"
--1 is a kind of lenience, leniency
--1 has particulars:commutation, re-sentencing; amnesty, pardon, free pardon; reprieve, respite - mercifulness, mercy - a disposition to be kind and forgiving; "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband"
--2 is a kind of humaneness
--2 has particulars:compassion, pity; forgivingness, kindness; lenience, leniency, mildness, lenity - mercifulness, mercy - the feeling that motivates compassion
--3 is a kind of compassion, compassionateness
--3 has particulars: forgiveness - mercy - something for which to be thankful; "it was a mercy we got out alive"
--4 is a kind of blessing, boon
- mercy - alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed; "distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy"
--5 is a kind of relief, succor, succour, ministration
- mercy - alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed; "distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy"