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merciful

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Adjective

(used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious
- our merciful king

showing or giving mercy
- sought merciful treatment for the captives
- a merciful god

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Antonyms:
merciless unmerciful

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "merciful":
merciful mercifully
Words contain "merciful":
merciful mercifully mercifulness unmerciful unmercifully unmercifulness
Words contain "merciful" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
merciful expedient

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