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merciful adjective [ ˈməːsɪfʊl ]

• showing or exercising mercy.
• "William did not believe in being merciful to those who fought against him"
Similar: forgiving, compassionate, gracious, lenient, clement, pitying, forbearing, humane, mild, soft-hearted, tender-hearted, kind, kindly, sympathetic, patient, humanitarian, liberal, easy-going, permissive, tolerant, indulgent, generous, magnanimous, beneficent, benign, benignant, benevolent, show mercy to, have mercy on, have pity on, spare, pardon, forgive, let off, be lenient on/to, deal leniently with, go/be easy on,
Opposite: merciless, cruel,


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