mercy Význam & definícia

Význam mercy v slovenčine

• 0 kindness that makes you forgive someone, usually someone that you have authority over:

  • She appealed to the judge to have mercy on her husband.

  • The prisoners pleaded for mercy.

  • The gunmen showed no mercy, killing innocent men and women.

  • Poor people are increasingly at the mercy of money-lenders.

• 1 an event or situation that you are grateful for because it stops something unpleasant:

  • After months of suffering, his death was a mercy.

  • They were on a mercy mission to take food to the refugees when they were attacked.

• 2 kindness shown toward someone whom you have the right or power to punish:

  • He begged for mercy.

  • The soldiers showed no mercy toward their prisoners.

• 3 something that is considered lucky because it is not as bad as it had been or could have been:

  • It’s a mercy that no one was hurt in the fire.