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Dictionary definition for: Mercifulness
1. (n) the feeling that motivates compassion
2. (n) a disposition to be kind and forgiving; "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband"
3. (n) leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; "he threw himself on the mercy of the court"
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