Associations to the word «Merciful»

Wiktionary

MERCIFUL, adjective. Showing mercy

Dictionary definition

MERCIFUL, adjective. Showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god".
MERCIFUL, adjective. (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious; "our merciful king".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne