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

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates