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Merciful

Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish.

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Gracious 84% connected

Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor;…

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Gracious 84% connected

Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor;…

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Clement 66% connected

Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate.

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Clement 66% connected

Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate.

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Compassionate 66% connected

Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful.

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Compassionate 66% connected

Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful.

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Humane 66% connected

Pertaining to man; human.

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Humane 66% connected

Pertaining to man; human.

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Kind 66% connected

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Kind 66% connected

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Soft 66% connected

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Soft 66% connected

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Merciless 94% connected

Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant; merciless waves.

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Merciless 94% connected

Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant; merciless waves.

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Amnesty noun · 78% connection

a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment

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Barely adverb · 78% connection

But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare ( of quantity, time, etc.); hence, scarcely; hardly; as, there was barely enough f…

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Bastile Bastille noun · 78% connection

"The Bastille", formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name…

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Beadle verb · 78% connection

An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of…

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Bilbo noun · 78% connection

A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board…

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Boating noun · 78% connection

In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.

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Bowstring noun · 78% connection

A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.

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Clemency noun · 78% connection

Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy.

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Correction noun · 78% connection

the act of disciplining; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"

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Crotch noun · 78% connection

A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch.

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Cruel adjective · 78% connection

Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage;…

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Cuttystool noun · 78% connection

A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister.

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Discipline noun · 78% connection

the act of disciplining; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"

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Forbearance noun · 78% connection

The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering.

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Frithstool noun · 78% connection

A seat in churches near the altar, to which offenders formerly fled for sanctuary.

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Full Compar. · 78% connection

Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in. quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; as, a full meal; a…

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Grace noun · 78% connection

The divine favor toward man; the mercy of God, as distinguished from His justice; also, any benefits His mercy imparts; divine love or…

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Greencloth noun · 78% connection

A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and…

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