act of mercy

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In evasion and recovery operations, assistance rendered to evaders by an individual or elements of the local population who sympathize or empathize with the evaders' cause or plight. See also evader; evasion; evasion and recovery; recovery; recovery operations.

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coup de grâce mercy ministration relief succor succour			Cecilia sees an act of mercy, suggested by the presence of the disengaged young man. I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context He could hold to the idea that the closing had practically been for him an act of mercy, a chance offered him to descend, depart, get off the ground and never again profane it. The Jolly Corner by James, Henry View in context			acrylamide acrylate acrylate resin acrylic acrylic acid acrylic fiber acrylic fibre acrylic paint acrylic resin acrylonitrile acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene acrylyl ACS ACT act as Act in pais act involuntarily Act of attainder Act of bankruptcy act of contrition act of faith act of God Act of grace Act of indemnity Act of insolvency act of mercy Act of Parliament Act of settlement act of terrorism Act of Uniformity act of war act on act out act reflexively act superior act up act upon actable Actaea Actaea alba Actaea rubra Actaeon actant actg ACTH Actias Actias luna Actifed actin actin- actinal			Act of Free Choice act of generosity act of giving one’s word act of God act of God act of God act of God act of God Act of God Bond Act of God Bonds Act of grace Act of grace act of hampering act of hardening act of holding harmless act of hostility Act of Indemnity Act of Indemnity act of inhumanity Act of insolvency act of joining act of judgment act of keeping in act of killing act of lawbreaking act of loathing act of looking backward act of losing ground Act of man act of maneuvering act of mercy Act of Navigation Act of Navigation act of oath-breaking act of pairing Act of Parliament Act of Parliament Act of Parliament Act of Parliament Act of Parliament act of profiteering act of promise-making act of protecting Act of Provincial Parliment Act of Provincial Parliment Act of Provincial Parliment Act of Provincial Parliment act of pursuing act of quelling act of relinquishing a right act of reverting act of running down act of scheming act of scorning act of setting forth Act of Settlement Act of Settlement act of shrinking act of shunning act of slaying act of slipping back

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