Usually means: Compassion shown towards someone suffering.
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General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. mercy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mercy: Merriam-Webster
  3. mercy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. mercy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. mercy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. mercy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Mercy, mercy: Wordnik
  8. mercy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Mercy, mercy: Wiktionary
  10. mercy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. mercy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. mercy: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Mercy, Mercy, mercy: Dictionary.com
  14. mercy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. mercy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Mercy (Brett Young song), Mercy (Burden Brothers album), Mercy (Dave Matthews Band song), Mercy (Duffy song), Mercy (GOOD Music song), Mercy (Kanye West song), Mercy (Madame Monsieur song), Mercy (Meredith Monk album), Mercy (Muse song), Mercy (OneRepublic song), Mercy (Overwatch), Mercy (Shawn Mendes song), Mercy (Steve Jones album), Mercy (TV series), Mercy (The Walking Dead), Mercy (U2 song), Mercy (band), Mercy (cipher), Mercy (comics), Mercy (disambiguation), Mercy (drink), Mercy (film), Mercy (game), Mercy (given name), Mercy (healthcare organization), Mercy (movie), Mercy, The Mercy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Mercy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. mercy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. mercy: Rhymezone
  20. mercy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. mercy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Mercy: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. mercy: FreeDictionary.org
  24. mercy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. mercy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. mercy: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  27. Mercy (Salmonella Dub remix album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  3. mercy: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. MERCY: Acronym Finder
  3. mercy: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Mercy: Easton Bible
  2. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mercy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See mercies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another.
noun:  (uncountable) Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate.
noun:  (uncountable) A tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion.
noun:  (countable) Instances of forbearance or forgiveness.
noun:  (countable) A blessing; something to be thankful for.
noun:  (uncountable) A children's game in which two players stand opposite with hands grasped and twist each other's arms until one gives in.
verb:  To feel mercy
verb:  To show mercy; to pardon or treat leniently because of mercy
noun:  A female given name from English.
noun:  A surname from French.

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