Nouns

(n)clemency, mercifulness, mercyleniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice“he threw himself on the mercy of the court”
(n)mercifulness, mercya disposition to be kind and forgiving“in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband”
(n)mercifulness, mercythe feeling that motivates compassion
(n)mercysomething for which to be thankful“it was a mercy we got out alive”
(n)mercyalleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed“distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy”