Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French merci, from Medieval Latin merced-, merces, from Latin, "price paid, wages", from merc-, merx "merchandise") can refer both to compassionate behaviour on the part of those in power (e.g. mercy shown by a judge toward a convict), on the part of a humanitarian third party (e.g. a mission of mercy aiming to treat war victims) or divine mercy shown to the penitent.
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- Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French merci, from Medieval Latin merced-, merces, from Latin, "price paid, wages", from merc-, merx "merchandise") can refer both to compassionate behaviour on the part of those in power (e.g. mercy shown by a judge toward a convict), on the part of a humanitarian third party (e.g. a mission of mercy aiming to treat war victims) or divine mercy shown to the penitent. Mercy is a word used to describe compassion shown by one person to another, or a request from one person to another to be shown such leniency or unwarranted compassion for a crime or wrongdoing. Some of the earliest recorded expressions of divine mercy are found in Ancient Egyptian literature. One of the basic virtues of chivalry, Christian ethics and Judaism, it is also related to concepts of justice and morality in behaviour between people. In a legal sense, a defendant having been found guilty of a capital crime may ask for clemency from being executed. To be "mercy", the behavior generally can not be compelled by outside forces. (A famous literary example is from The Merchant of Venice when Portia asks Shylock to show mercy. He asks, On what compulsion, must I? She responds: The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. His scepter shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings. But mercy is above this sceptered sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings; It is an attribute of God himself; And earthly power doth then show like God's When mercy seasons justice. A number of organizations use the word "mercy" in their name to describe their work.
- Misericordia è sentimento generato dalla compassione per la miseria altrui (morale o spirituale). Deriva dal latino misericors (genitivo misericordis) e da misereor e cor -cordis; cfr. miserère: abbi misericordia. È una virtù morale tenuta in grande considerazione dall'etica cristiana e si concreta in opere di pietà o, appunto, di misericordia.
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- Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French merci, from Medieval Latin merced-, merces, from Latin, "price paid, wages", from merc-, merx "merchandise") can refer both to compassionate behaviour on the part of those in power (e.g. mercy shown by a judge toward a convict), on the part of a humanitarian third party (e.g. a mission of mercy aiming to treat war victims) or divine mercy shown to the penitent.
- Misericordia è sentimento generato dalla compassione per la miseria altrui (morale o spirituale). Deriva dal latino misericors (genitivo misericordis) e da misereor e cor -cordis; cfr. miserère: abbi misericordia. È una virtù morale tenuta in grande considerazione dall'etica cristiana e si concreta in opere di pietà o, appunto, di misericordia.
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