Synonyms of the word

mercy

• n. (uncountable) relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another.
• n. (uncountable) forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate.
• n. (uncountable) A tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion.
• n. (countable) Instances of forbearance or forgiveness.
• n. (countable) A blessing, something to be thankful for.
• v. (obsolete) To thank.
• interj. Expressing surprise or alarm.

blessing

• n. Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
• n. A pronouncement invoking divine aid.
• n. Good fortune.
• n. (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony.
• n. The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.
• n. A thing one is glad of.
• n. A prayer before a meal; grace.
• n. A group of unicorns.

boon

• n. (obsolete) A prayer; petition.
• n. (archaic) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
• n. A good; a blessing or benefit; a great privilege; a thing to be thankful for.
• n. (Britain dialectal) An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
• adj. (obsolete) good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage".
• adj. kind; bountiful; benign.
• adj. (Fossil word used only in idiom pairing it with subsequent "companion") gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
• n. The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.

clemency

• n. The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.
• n. (law) A pardon, commutation, or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties by an executive…
• n. (now rare) Mildness of weather.

compassion

• n. Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it.
• v. (obsolete) To pity.

compassionateness

• n. The state or quality of being compassionate.

humaneness

• n. The property of being humane.

lenience

• n. (uncountable) Leniency: mercy or forgiveness in the assignment of punishment.
• n. (countable) A leniency: a specific act or instance of leniency.

leniency

• n. The quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case.
• n. An act of being lenient.

mercifulness

• n. The state of being merciful; mercy.

ministration

• n. the act of ministering.

relief

• n. The removal of stress or discomfort.
• n. The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
• n. The person who takes over a shift for another.
• n. Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
• n. (law) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
• n. A lowering of a tax through special provisions; short for tax relief.
• n. A type of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
• n. The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation…
• n. The difference of elevations on a surface.
• adj. (of a surface) Characterized by surface inequalities.
• adj. Of or used in letterpress.

succor

• n. (archaic or obsolete) Aid, assistance or relief given to one in distress; ministration.
• v. (transitive) To give such assistance.

succour

• n. Britain, Canada, and Australia spelling of succor.
• v. Britain, Canada, and Australia spelling of succor.