merciful

mer·ci·ful  (mûrs-fl)

adj.

Full of mercy; compassionate: sought merciful treatment for the captives. See Synonyms at humane.

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merci·ful·ly adv.

merci·ful·ness n.

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merciful [ˈmɜːsɪfʊl]

adj

showing or giving mercy; compassionate

mercifulness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	merciful - showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god" clement - (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy; "a more clement judge reduced the sentence" compassionate - showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women" soft - compassionate and kind; conciliatory; "he was soft on his children" humane - marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering kind - having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter" merciless, unmerciful - having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating"
	2.	merciful - (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious; "our merciful king" gracious - characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor"

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merciful

adjective

1. compassionate, forgiving, sympathetic, kind, liberal, soft, sparing, generous, mild, pitying, humane, clement, gracious, lenient, beneficent, forbearing, tender-hearted, benignant We can only hope the court is merciful.
compassionate cruel, merciless, inhumane, pitiless, unfeeling, hard-hearted, uncompassionate

2. welcome, desired, blessed Eventually the session came to a merciful end.

be merciful to show mercy to, spare, forgive, pardon, let off, go easy on (informal), have mercy on, have pity on, be lenient with He had always been more merciful to girls than to boys.

Translations

merciful [ˈmɜːsɪfʊl] ADJ

1. (= compassionate) [god] → misericordioso, clemente, compasivo; [person] → clemente, compasivo
to be merciful to or towards sb → ser clemente con algn, mostrarse compasivo con algn

2. (= blessed) death came as a merciful release → la muerte fue como una bendición

merciful [ˈmɜː^rsɪfʊl] adj [person] → miséricordieux/euse, clément(e)
to be merciful → se montrer clément
I begged him to be merciful → Je l'ai supplié de se montrer clément.
a merciful God → un dieu miséricordieux
to be a merciful release → être une libération

merciful

adj → gnädig (to sb jdm gegenüber); o merciful Lord → gütiger Gott; O Lord be merciful! → Gott, sei uns (dat) → gnädig!; I begged him to be merciful → ich bat ihn um Gnade; his death was a merciful release from pain → sein Tod war für ihn eine Erlösung; merciful heavens! (dated) → gütiger Himmel! (dated)

merciful [ˈmɜːsɪfʊl] adj (Rel) → misericordioso/a; (person) → compassionevole, pietoso/a, clemente
it was a merciful release → è stata una vera liberazione