mercy lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God "God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners" "there but for the grace of God go I"
• leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice "he threw himself on the mercy of the court"
• alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed "distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy"
• a disposition to be kind and forgiving "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband"
• the feeling that motivates compassion
• something for which to be thankful "it was a mercy we got out alive"