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| clemency |
an act of mercy or forgiveness. [1/3 definitions] |
| coup de grāce |
blow of mercy (French); a death blow or any finishing or decisive stroke or event. |
| euthanasia |
the act of putting to a painless death a person or animal suffering from a painful, incurable disease or injury; mercy killing. |
| have pity |
to feel sympathy or compassion for one who is suffering or in need, often leading one to engage in some act of mercy or kindness (usu. fol. by "on" or "for"). |
| inhuman |
characterized by a lack of human warmth, mercy, or sympathy; cruel, brutal, or unfeeling. [1/3 definitions] |
| Kyrie eleison |
Lord, have mercy (Greek); a supplication or invocation that is part of many liturgies in the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. [1/2 definitions] |
| merciful |
compassionate or forgiving; taking pity; showing mercy. |
| merciless |
showing no kindness or compassion; without mercy; cruel. |
| mercy |
an act of mercy, or the tendency to be merciful. [1/4 definitions] |
| Miserere |
a prayer, lament, or appeal for mercy. [1/2 definitions] |
| pitiless |
having or demonstrating no pity or mercy; ruthless. |
| quarter |
compassion or mercy, esp. that of a conqueror. [1/15 definitions] |
| relentless |
without mercy or compassion; unyielding or stern. [1/2 definitions] |
| remorseless |
having or showing no mercy, compassion or remorse; pitiless. |
| ruthless |
without mercy or compassion; pitiless or cruel. |
| stony |
having little mercy or feeling; hardhearted. [1/4 definitions] |
| unmerciful |
without mercy; pitiless. [1/2 definitions] |
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