MERCIFUL

merciful. Merciful, a. compasionate, tender, kind, good

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Mer″ci‐ful (?), a. [[Mercy + -ful.]] 1. 1. Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish.
The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious. Ex. xxxiv. 6. Be merciful, great duke, to men of mold. Shak. 2. 2. Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.
A merciful man will be merciful to his beast. Old Proverb. Syn. — Compassionate; tender; humane; gracious; kind; mild; clement; benignant. — Mer″ci‐ful‐ly, adv. — Mer″ci‐ful‐ness, n.