mercifulness的中文翻译是什么意思

mercifulness的英文释义

Noun

1. the feeling that motivates compassion

2. a disposition to be kind and forgiving;

• in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband

3. leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice;

• he threw himself on the mercy of the court