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mercy
English
Etymology
From Middle English mercy, merci, from Anglo-Norman merci (compare continental Old French merci, mercit), from Latin merc?s (“wages, fee, price”), from merx (“wares, merchandise”). Displaced native Middle English are, ore (“mercy”) (from Old English ?r (“mercy, grace”), > Scots are (“mercy, grace”)), Middle English mildse (“mercy, clemency”) (from Old English milds, milts (“mercy, kindness”)). See milse.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m??si/
- (General American) enPR: mûr?s?, IPA(key): /?m?si/
- Rhymes: -??(?)si
- Hyphenation: mer?cy
Noun
mercy (countable and uncountable, plural mercies)
- (uncountable) Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another.
- Antonyms: mercilessness, ruthlessness, cruelty
- (uncountable) Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate.
- (uncountable) A tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion.
- (countable) Instances of forbearance or forgiveness.
- (countable) A blessing; something to be thankful for.
Derived terms
- bemercy
- merciful
- merciless
Related terms
- mercy me
- at the mercy of
- have mercy
Translations
Verb
mercy (third-person singular simple present mercies, present participle mercying, simple past and past participle mercied)
- To feel mercy
- To show mercy; to pardon or treat leniently because of mercy
Interjection
mercy
- Expressing surprise or alarm.
- Mercy! Look at the state of you!
Further reading
- mercy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- mercy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French mercier.
Verb
mercy
- Alternative form of mercien
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, III:
- Mildeliche Mede þanne · mercyed hem alle / Of þeire gret goodnesse.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, III:
Middle French
Noun
mercy m or f (plural mercys)
- mercy (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
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indulgence
English
Etymology
From Middle French indulgence, or its source, Latin indulgentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?d?ld???ns/
- Hyphenation: in?dul?gence
Noun
indulgence (countable and uncountable, plural indulgences)
- the act of indulging
- 1654, Henry Hammond, Of Fundamentals...
- will all they that either through indulgence to others or fondness to any sin in themselves, substitute for repentance any thing that is less than a sincere, uniform resolution of new obedience
- 1654, Henry Hammond, Of Fundamentals...
- tolerance
- catering to someone's every desire
- something in which someone indulges
- An indulgent act; favour granted; gratification.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Goodness of God a Motive to Repentance
- If all these gracious indulgences are without any effect on us, we must perish in our own folly.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Goodness of God a Motive to Repentance
- (Roman Catholicism) A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 555:
- To understand how indulgences were intended to work depends on linking together a number of assumptions about sin and the afterlife, each of which individually makes considerable sense.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 555:
Related terms
- indulge
- indulgent
Translations
Verb
indulgence (third-person singular simple present indulgences, present participle indulgencing, simple past and past participle indulgenced)
- (transitive, Roman Catholic Church) to provide with an indulgence
French
Noun
indulgence f (plural indulgences)
- leniency, clemency
- (Roman Catholicism) indulgence
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