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| has gloss | (noun) a disposition to be kind and forgiving; "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband" mercy, mercifulness |
| lexicalization | eng: mercifulness |
| lexicalization | eng: mercy |
| subclass of | (noun) the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals) humaneness |
| has subclass | (noun) the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it compassion, pity |
| has subclass | (noun) tendency to be kind and forgiving forgivingness, kindness |
| has subclass | (noun) mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant mildness, leniency, lenity, lenience |
| Meaning | |
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| Old English (ca. 450-1100) | |
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| lexicalization | ang: milts |
| Czech | |
| lexicalization | ces: soucit |
| German | |
| lexicalization | deu: Mitleid |
| lexicalization | deu: Barmherzigkeit |
| Esperanto | |
| lexicalization | epo: kompato |
| lexicalization | epo: kompatemo |
| Finnish | |
| lexicalization | fin: sääli |
| French | |
| lexicalization | fra: compassion |
| lexicalization | fra: pitié |
| Italian | |
| lexicalization | ita: pietà |
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| lexicalization | ita: misericordia |
| Dutch | |
| lexicalization | nld: erbarmen |
| Norwegian | |
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| lexicalization | nor: nåde |
| Occitan (post 1500) | |
| lexicalization | oci: misericòrdia |
| Portuguese | |
| lexicalization | por: piedade |
| lexicalization | por: misericórdia |
| lexicalization | por: compaixão |
| Moldavian | |
| lexicalization | ron: milă |
| Russian | |
| lexicalization | rus: сострадание |
| Slovak | |
| lexicalization | slk: súcit |
| Castilian | |
| lexicalization | spa: misericordia |
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| opposite | (noun) inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving mercilessness, unmercifulness |
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